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    #1 ya know, that's possible, I use a long neck needle nose to put the rear plug wire on. I'm never positive about that. #2, like I told outlaw, I have ridden the bike a bit between the crash rebuild and the top end work. Ya, they vibrate a bit but this is actually making my butt numb.:concern...
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    You are right except the bike ran fine between the time I rebuilt it from the crash to when I realized I had a pushrod seal leak (thus the gasket/ring job) can't help but think I did something wrong rotating the motor back up.
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    Both front and back isolators seem fine, but I just remembered that when I put the center tie bar assembly back on, the holes didn't line up quite right and had to use a little force to get the bolts started. could the motor have moved laterally when I rotated it back up into the frame?
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    Thanks, I will check them out.
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    Also, I did run a buelltooth code scan and there were no current errors but there were two in the stored errors, 15 and 21. I checked the muffler valve and it does seem stuck (stuck closed)... I'll deal with that. The bikes check engine light (or whatever it's called) has not come on either time...
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    I checked and there is a gap.
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    Well, got 50 + miles on the bike so far but I do notice that it vibrates much more that before I did the gasket/rings work. It idles fine, pulls hard but MUCH more engine vibration than before the surgery. The motor sounds good. I used the old spark plus as they only had about 400 miles on them...
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    ya the bike took more of a beating than me. I skidded down the road on my face, and I'm glad I had full leathers on.. but I think the buell might have taken some tumbles into the ditch. But I'm not sure. All I know is that it was basket case.
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    Well, I took the bike out for a ride for the first time. Cooter you were right, I did exactly as I wanted. BUT, thanks to you all I did have the opinions to help my research and make a (what I think) is an informed decision. 34, I took your hammer performance info and did the heat cycle as they...
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    Ya your point being?
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    You are obviously drinking too much... All I wanted was some opinions on how to break in the bike after putting in new rings. Jesus, why are you all so f..ing weird? Gosh, all I was looking for is some direction. Quit being dicks.
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    Thanks
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    You my friend are a piece of work.
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    Thanks Barrett, The only thing I don't quite understand is that this bike has been down for oh maybe a month. So I realize that the bore and rings need to be tended to, but if I used (which I did ) assembly lube on the wrist pin I took out, on the ends of each push rod, on the valve ends where...
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    Thanks Barrett, I appreciate it.
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    If you would read my former posts you would know I do have a SM as I have referred to it. You seem to have a reading comprehension problem. I did not ask what type of oil to run in the bike I asked opinions on who thought using non synth oil was needed during break in. In my service manual 1.5...
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    Well, I'm to the point of finally buttoning this bad boy up. I'm a bit confused by one thing... And since some of the posts are older and things change I'll ask anyway. Some are saying I should use regular non synthetic oil or even break in oil when breaking the motor in. I bought this bike...
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    Alright, here is the update to my ongoing sitcom... So I have honed and replaced rings on both cylinders, (being careful to check gaps) and went about the f..ing procedure to put the pistons back into the cylinders. You don't want to know what I'm thinking at this point... I bought a ring...
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    As for the beer, I think that a case a jug is an appropriate barter for such knowledge and tool.:D
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    Well, the gap is within the SM specs, so are you saying' I should go a bit larger?
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