A&M OFFROAD

I just did them hand tight 😂 I'm not going amy further than that

Okay! I'll do that and get it tight. I put the valve covers back on for now just not tight at all.

It's still smoking, I'll try to get a video of it and see what you guys think. And okay so those little bars shouldn't move on that mount?

https://youtube.com/shorts/yT3xiONDLDc Here is the link. Hope it works

Okay so I think I did have the stroke wrong but I figured it out now. Double checked after I hand turned the motor over several times. I got the lid off the jb weld didn't work but it gave me enough grip to get a vice on and torqued the ! out of it and it finally went. I'm uploading a video to youtube right now and I'll put the link in the next post. Let me know if you think the motor sounds good! It sounds a ! of a lot better to me

Well hopefully I didn't adjust them on the wrong stroke. Here in a bit I'll go double check

Did not check to see if piston was touchable, did not know I could actually do that. How do you see the cam lobs if the cover is on? I've also never torqued them down before either! Also have not recheck the valves after turning it by hand!

😱😱😱😱 will I'm glad I'm actually taking into then rather than not!

@Wheeler I'll definitely be doing it right next time but I had no clue what right was because this is the first actual motor I've ever worked on 🤣

It doesn't even make sense to me how it could have. I did have trouble starting it most cold starts it wouldn't just fire right up I'd have to choke it and sit there for a min giving it gas to finally get it to run

@Fishfiles thanks I'll def be doing it that next

@Fishfiles I didn't think about a chisel, but the hex on the cap wasn't a hex anymore it was a circle. I tried getting it off so many time with other stuff it literally rounded it. I could have cut into it and then maybe worked it around but I'll try this and see what happens @SlammedRanger so before when I thought the valves were tight I was mistaken. I didn't have the machine at TDC... And we'll when I did, they were sooo tight that they wouldn't fit any of my feeler gauges! On all three valves that I could open, I had to loosen 4-5 full circles before I could fit the gauges in I couldn't believe how tight they were holy cow.

Well I finally got some jb weld on it. If I had access to a welder I'd have gotten it off already but I don't so this is the next best thing. Let's hope tomorrow it actually comes off

It's a no go on the vice grips 😒 I have a cheap pair so they just kept slipping a messing it up even more so it's jb weld for me.

I'll try some vice grips before the jb weld and see what I can accomplish!

Well that didn't work lol and I've stripped the thing to ! so I'll probably have to get some jb weld and weld a nut or something to the top of it and just replace it. Cause it's just about round now 🤣

As for the others the brake side exhaust valve is so tight I can't get .005 or a .004 under it. Clutch side is pretty snug so I might loosen it. The intake side that's off seems kinda tight too so I make loosen it a little bit, because I have to really force the .004 to get it under

I don't remember cranking down on it last time I took them off. So just set the socket on it and hit it with a hammer essentially? Then try to get it off?

@SlammedRanger you know how to get this off? It feels like it's freaking welded. I've about screwed any chance I have of getting it off with a socket. All the rest came off but we're a pain in the !. I've put all my weight into it and it won't budge. I tired heat too and it's not helped at all

Okay cool! I'll let u know how they feel

I'll let u know when I look at the valves how out they are. Question, when I slide the feeler gauge under the valves thing how easy should I be able to fit the .004 in. Will it be really tight? Loose? I think I need more help with that part for sure

So you think I should worry about it? I mean I want it to run good and don't want the thing blowing up on me when I'm 20 miles out on a trail. I carry oil with me everywhere I go. I still have all the plastic off and am going to mess with the valves here in a little bit. To see if the ticking or motor noise gets better

I don't know if I'd have that kinda luck but that sounds just about right just like mine, I didn't run it very long so it didn't get that hot I bet if I did it would smoke more

I almost put a quart in it after my ride. Today I didn't ride for maybe ten mins and it was just around my block. Open road lots of air

That might be the case then cause I didn't ride for very long or very hard like the previous day. Where it was thick mud and revving pretty high while not moving fast.