Exhaust valve main shaft
- smuggler
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Exhaust valve main shaft
How do you hold the main shaft when removing the 10mm nut on the gear on the left side of the engine? I subscribed to cyclepedia but it seems they skipped that step.
2001 KDX 220
2006 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
1996 Polaris XLT SKS
2006 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
1996 Polaris XLT SKS
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Ooops...wrong shaft.
I don't recall there being a procedure listed for that.
If you force the LH gear against the subvalve rod, you will likely break a tooth off. That's happened before.
Hold the other end with either something soft-jawed..or use a hunk of leather for a pad?
Access the main rod through the access cover..hold it there?
Is the cylinder off?
Ooops...wrong shaft.
I don't recall there being a procedure listed for that.
If you force the LH gear against the subvalve rod, you will likely break a tooth off. That's happened before.
Hold the other end with either something soft-jawed..or use a hunk of leather for a pad?
Access the main rod through the access cover..hold it there?
Is the cylinder off?
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Worked out ok with the vice grips and a rag wrapped around the gear.I am ready to fire it up again now, but I must read through this site to find the best break in procedure. Thanks CC. ...Oh by the way, the stock piston had several small cracks in the skirt..... guess I got lucky.
2001 KDX 220
2006 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
1996 Polaris XLT SKS
2006 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
1996 Polaris XLT SKS
- canyncarvr
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This is the second cracked skirt 220 in a few days...or maybe I just read your piston story twice.......
Anyway..another internet fairy tale debunked! Some do have the opinion that the only thing wrong with the 220 piston is that a bunch of internet boobs write bad things about it.
Good to hear you caught yours before it destroyed your bike!!
Best break-in. Oh my...another 'everybody has a story' story.
Be careful with it..and it will run like a three-legged dog until you do another top end. Warm it up..ride it like you stole it..and it will run better than any other 'gently' broke in 220!
This guy thinks so anyway.
Good Luck!
Anyway..another internet fairy tale debunked! Some do have the opinion that the only thing wrong with the 220 piston is that a bunch of internet boobs write bad things about it.
Good to hear you caught yours before it destroyed your bike!!
Best break-in. Oh my...another 'everybody has a story' story.
Be careful with it..and it will run like a three-legged dog until you do another top end. Warm it up..ride it like you stole it..and it will run better than any other 'gently' broke in 220!
This guy thinks so anyway.
Good Luck!
Consider the source
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