leaky cam cover - no klr for 3 weeks and i need your help!

[Fr. Don]

I think you are right! Unsuccessful again. I need some help, or off to the dealer she goes...D Don+

On Nov 20, 2007 6:29 PM, revmaaatin wrote: > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com , "Don > Pendergraft" > > wrote: > > > > Thanks for the tips Jeff! I will try that. Someone else has also > suggested > > that I assemble with no gasket just to see how the surfaces mate > up. Perhaps > > with a feeler gauge. I don't see why I couldn't do both things. > > > > One other thing someone has suggested that I want to check out. I > know I > > have banged around on one of the cam caps before which is where the > bolt for > > the cover goes (I broke a bolt there..don't even get me started). I > need to > > check to make sure there is no raised area or deformity that may be > keeping > > it from cranking down. After all, I'm only putting 55 inch pounds of > > pressure, and that's not enough to mash down a deformity or bump. > It's > > probably fine, but obviously at this point you want to look at > everything. I > > HATE the idea of giving up and and bringing it to the dealership. > Were I to > > do so, I may as well sell her as I would surely have my KLR > membership card > > revoked and no longer be worthy of KLR ownership. ) > > > > Don+ > > Don, > I have been following your thread--and I feel your pain. What I have > not read, is that a 'second' set of eyes/hands have been helping you-- > only email eyes. Perhaps asking for a 'second' set of KiLleRista > eyes to look at your problem would be helpful. > > Fatigue and annoyance/frustration often affects (y)our vision. > > revmaaatin. who resembles that last remark--cough--often. > > > -- All other pursuits pale in comparison to your walk with the Living God. "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]