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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.

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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.