Articles & photos

Back

13-2-2019 Buell 1125 Engine rebuild

16-10-2019 - What did we do today 13-2-2019: Buell 1125 Engine rebuild

locking clip on the oil pump gear — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cam chain guide mounte

chain and gear on

.

2e drive gear on — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

smack load of red 272 loctite.. so this one will never come loose on it's own

and lower chain guide on

balance gear right side

follow the dots

and clutch basket on , if your clutch rattle like a ducati idle .. these springs are broken

pre lube the bronse bearing

and remove the old loctite

clutch hub on and position plate on

clutch hub in

notched plate in first , and alternate the plates in

also red loctite

pressure plate and springs on

an tighten the bolts back in

oil pressure check valve in

neutral switch in with silicone gasket

other side chain guide in

first starter gear in

gear, chain and guide in

and oil screen in

with the odd bolt

pistons mouted on the rod

put some rags in to catch the piston pin ring .. nasty ones these

and other side

base gasket on

thin coat of oil to lube the barrel

and 1 cylinder down

other one on .. pull the cam chain up , head gasket on

and head positioned

the 2 small bolts

and a drop of oil on the threads and washers

35 nm , than 90 deg, than 20 deg ont he head bolts — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

other side chain guide on — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and mounting the cams.. little note the cams with the groove in the middel are the front ones — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

with out the groove are for the rear head — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cam drive train mounted — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

pull up the cam chains, as this will bind up the engine when you rotate it — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

bottum cank pin hole plug removed — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

points to each other .. tdc — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and put the crank lock tool in — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

turn the cams to the markings are horizontal.. and drop the cam lock tool in — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cleaning off the cam gear bolts — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

gear on.. put bolt is with blue loctite . not tighten fully — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

first chain tensioner in — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and tighten to 30 Nm — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

same to the rear , find crank lock position and drop the cam lock tool in ( very easy to work with ) — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

chaintensioner in — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

lock tool can come out — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and mount the plug with new crush ring — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cleaned oil screen , pushed in — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

new sealing ring in the screen cover — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

clutch cover gasket on — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

custom watter pump shaft positining tool ( philips screw driver ) — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

follow the number to tighten the cover — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

oil line head to cover mounted — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and clutch inner cover new seal and gasket — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

with the 2 positioning pins mounted — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

vacuum diaphrame nut with lottite — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and outer cover on — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

starter motor — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

oil filter — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

drain plug — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rotor ignition side ( 2008 model ) red loctite — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

some silicone bead on the wire rubber.. to help seal , and ignition cover on — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

checking the valve lash — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and mounting the finger spacers — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

lube the cams and fingers and covers on — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

settiing the gap on the spark plugs — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

coils back on — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

watter pump cover new gasket and mounting — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

thermostate on and connecting hoses — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

new seals in the intake runners — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and intakes mounted — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

speed sensor on — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

map sensor under the intake manifold — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

an hook on the hoses — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

engine wire harnes , routing the stator wires back in — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

with igniton sensor mounting clip — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

neutral switch — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

engine wireharness ( sensor ) grounds to the front head — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

wire loom in front of the engine — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

an trottle bodies on.. she is ready to be mounted — at Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.