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8-12-2017 Buell XB 88CI engine mounting
11-2-2018 - What did we do today: 8-12-2017 Buell XB12 88 CI engine mounting
nice and fist snow off the year.. time to make engines ready — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
check the key as only a very tiny part holds the pinion gear — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
lock tool in place — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
drop ogg 272 loctire on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and set to 26 Nm and 19 deg.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
cams can go in.. E-grind they are marked 1 to 4 ( back to forward off the engine ) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
align the cams, and crank — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
lifting the 3e tapped and push the cam in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
check and double check, all is good — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
priming the crank and big end bearings with engine oil , this will be the last time we see it in a long while— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
pressing in a new seal in the point cover — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.+
checking the cam cover gasket.. as we notish there still old gaskets in circulation.. the old gasket is missing a hole here.. for this older engine it douse not matter... on a 06- up it will — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
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see the differance.. it will fit , but blockes a hole — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
cover on and tq down to 14 Nm — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
trigger cup in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and ignition sensor in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
made markings help to put it back.. we need to do a check ! as the crank is taken apart.. but to start it will do — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
bumpsticks... aka pushrods.. as they get older the markings wear off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
as long as you know the long ones are exhaust.. not a issue — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
gasket on and a little lube help — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
tighten the rocker boxes even and slowly to gove the lifters time to bleed — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
take care off the head temp sensor — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and start all the bolts before you start tightening — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
slowly to TQ on the big ones first — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
i use a tq wrench even for the small bolts... as i was hunting a engine ping for a while... came to one off the bolts was broken and was ratteling in the rocker box — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
checking the oil pump — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
who.. like new.. very little grooves on the cap — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
inside also like new... seen much wors with 60000 km done — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
scaviging is about 3x as big as the pressure side — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
seperator plate in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and ready to go on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
ready to put here in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
to mount removing the rear is easy.. only the brake fuild reservoir was connecting to the frame — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
gear box breather routed in the frame — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and frame over the engine — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
bolt in not tight ( engine needs to be rotated up for final TQ ) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
startermotor connection on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
ready to mount the swingarm.. mnnn these are fucked — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
quick and dirty old skool .. with a slide hammer — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
old trick but works — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
new bearings tapped in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and swing arm in place — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
pinch bolt tightened — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
before we put the rear wheel in.. a other not dammaged rear fender — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
original buell :-) other fender on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
mnnnn will also do new rear wheel bearings — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
oil lines cleaned and put a little grease on the pipe ends and nipples — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and loosly put theme on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
try to mount these lines with out tension.. you cross thread these very very easy.. use a oil line spanner for the small sizes so you not slip on the hex — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
pully on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and wheel in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
rear break on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and right foot peg — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
first time up , temp tightening — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
in my experiance old oil pressure switch will not work after some time out the engine — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
so new one in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
with good acces with out the header.. oil cooler lines on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
this one
has to much tension — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
loosening the line on the cooler works — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and tighten using a counter spanner to hold the fitting, as these break very easy — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
oil filter full , and on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
routing the regulator wire — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and temperary dyno header on with extra O2sensor bungs — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
top engine mount back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and prepping the intake manifold — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
cleaning and new O-rings on our intake flanges — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever. new intake flanges can be found here:
headers on and ziptie the lines away from the pipe— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
stator plug on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and connector lock in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
you can swap theme with you will have strange problems ... grey / black speed sensor and ignition timing — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
wires tight — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
lucky gamble wich bolts, pully cover on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
side stand on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and exhaust back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
1 strap will do for dyno , in final mounting i will put both on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
spring tensioner on .. i will turn the bolt around... ;-)— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
use some thicker spacers to mount it further out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
as it has been hitting the exhaus bracket — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
throttle cables on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and conenctors on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
mnnn will clean this up — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
primairy drive on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
but first the shift lever — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
on.. checking the clutch.. i think better to start with a heavier spring as the engine will have about 150 NM , much stronger than stock — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
pulling plate bearing is ok — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.