Time to start tearing into the engine. One of the bolt holes for the cylinder head cover was stripped out by the previous owner. This hole is in a spot that is under positive oil pressure so it generates a sizeable leak. In order to fix it I decided to completely remove the head so that I could get an easy out in squarely and eliminate the chance of aluminum shavings being unfriendly to my engine.
As with most fun evenings you have to start by getting naked.
Okay I finally got a bit of time to complete teardown of the KLR engine.
As expected the bearing on the right hand side of the output shaft is damaged.
I picked up a DR350 on the way home from Adopt-A-Trail work.
“New” motorcycle!
A new year, time to get some work done. Here are a few photos.
Hauling shooting debris out.
Tonight I worked more toward tearing down the KLR powerplant.
So I started out by checking the valve clearances, all were okay. Then I beheaded it.
Well if I’m ever going to fix the KLR I’ll need to find out the extent of the problem.
The KLR is now almost as light as a KTM.
