Engine Rebuilt

[ehi]

I checked the thread out, some good info. Thanks for sharing!

I wanted to try and put halves together today, but it's not looking so good with my cold kicking in again -_-.

 

[ehi]

Update: At long last my pops figured out the issue... It turns out one of the gears mistakenly was put on the wrong shaft and was near identical to it's counterpart.

Swapped the gears, there was freeplay between all the gears, put sealing solution and the case is in one piece!

Now to get it up and going, huzzah!

 

[chrispudd]

Yay! Good job, man! Glad you got er' sorted out. Keep posting your progress. Hope you're out ridin' again soon!

 

[jstfkndi]

Awesome!! Glad you got it figured out! I had been keeping my eye on this thread pulling for you, but I was at a loss...

 

[ehi]

haha, I was at a loss myself, I was certain I didn't touch the countershaft after taking it out but guess I'm wrong.

It's pretty cold in the garage right now so I'm waiting until saturday to hopefully spend more time working on it.

Thanks for all the support, I'll be reporting any progress I make!

 

[ehi]

A quick update: Had a chance to mount both cylinder bases, heads and top covers. Getting ready to mount the engine back in the frame, possibly tomorrow if I have time.

Will try to post some pictures later, don't have a camera at the moment.

 

[ehi]

Hopefully last update, in a good way!

I got the bike running last night, didn't get a chance to take it out for a spin but let it run for a couple minutes with no issue.

Small snag, neutral light doesn't come on, switch works (tested by tapping grounded bolt). I might need to get a new neutral light switch.

Happy riding!

 

[SausageFingers]

Sorry to hijack your thread, but my '03 XB9R trans went "clank clank boom... screech" and locked up at 35mph. After getting the bike out of the ditch, the engine would only start in 3,4,5 gear. Let out the clutch, and boom - silence. I just got the cases split yesterday and my wasted shifter fork looks IDENTICAL to yours, as well as some gear damage. I need some transmission parts and various gaskets. What was your parts source?

 

[ehi]

Sorry for the delay - I don't check back on these threads as often as I used to.

I had three main sources. I will PM them to you since I am not sure what the policy on sharing links on this public forum is.

 

[wolfo68]

you can share whatever you want ehi, we're about helping eachother.

 

[Stevenc150]

Like wolf said, please post up the links. It's an open policy on Buellxb plus it makes the thread that much more informative.

 

[ehi]

Good to know, sorry for being secretive, not trying to step on any toes.

I used surdyke.com to get my front rim, front cylinder head and the lower triple tree. It was much slower to ship (good 2 weeks give or take back orders), but I saved a pretty penny overall (I'm still not sure about these guys - hard to tell until you run into a problem to test their customer service).

Another helpful resource was the forum:BadWeatherBikers where I got my fuel pump from a helpful forum member and searched plenty of their threads on this engine rehaul as well.

shop.zanottimotor.com was used to compare price points mainly, don't think I actually bought anything from here.

I used the local dealership (very pricey) for the little stuff - gaskets, some blinkers, footpeg - that I didn't mind dishing out the extra $ to get it quicker. I used ebay too, in case I found something on there - always a good idea, though I had little luck.

Some items were easy to find with their part numbers, others had their part #'s changed (swingarm bolt, some others) and it was up to google, adding "swingarm bolt" + part number and anything else I could think of.

Hope that wall of text helps, let me know if you find it useful or add in the mix!