Valve seal replacement

[azr]

I have found when removing valve seals its a good idea to heat them with a small butane torch to soften /burn them making it easier to pull off with long nose pliers.

Yes I had read that in other posts and I did try that on the #2 exhaust but it did not really help that much, the real ticket to removing them with no fuss, and very quickly was that darned snap ring pliers. And make sure you buy the ones that are designed for compressing.

[chuck hahn]

I just pinch them out of round with needle nose pliers and yank them off. Then i look at each one as i take them off to see that the raised area that snaps onto the stem is all there. If its not then thats an indication theres crap stuck to the stem and must be removed.

[azr]

A couple more pictures to complete the process. I'm trying not to repeat what the Suzuki shop manual describes in great detail. This is the way I hold down the cams when putting on the cam covers (and taking them off for that matter).

20170112_110851 by Rob Ert, on Flickr

I not only tighten the screws down criss cross on just the one cover but both of them at the same time. And there's not that many places a torque wrench is needed working on the bike but this is definitely one of them.

20170112_111426 by Rob Ert, on Flickr

So she's all buttoned up and started on the first try which is always nice.

20170112_164329 by Rob Ert, on Flickr

And as the big guy says.....

60051651 by Rob Ert, on Flickr

[520eek]

Nicely done!

[Grimly]

An impressive blend of mechanicing and carpenting.

[Gorminrider]

so good, I almost want to run out and do this! (Cabin fever can strike anytime in TheGreatWhiteNorth!)

[bobgroger]

Good job of making it work with what you have. MacGyver would be proud....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGyver

[azr]

2017-01-29_07-14-33 by Rob Ert, on Flickr

took her out for her inaugural run the other day, everything worked perfectly, no more smoke on startup or decel, very happy with that as anyone that has ridden behind me knows, she was quite the mosquito sprayer before.

[Nessism]

Nice work!

Now that you have been through the learning curve do you have any specific process recommendations? Do you have enough photos to make a tutorial (easy for me to say)?

[azr]

Nice work!

Now that you have been through the learning curve do you have any specific process recommendations? Do you have enough photos to make a tutorial (easy for me to say)?

Ya, I did have that in mind when I started the process, I just need the time to put it together.