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by duantro
Thu Aug 20, 2015 5:18 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Oil leaking from behind timing cover on /5
Replies: 5
Views: 1869

Re: Oil leaking from behind timing cover on /5

I've finished replacing it. It looked like the old gasket had cracked. New one on and it seems to be good so far!
by duantro
Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:05 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Oil leaking from behind timing cover on /5
Replies: 5
Views: 1869

Re: Oil leaking from behind timing cover on /5

Thanks for the suggestions. I have changed the timing chain, tensioner, and seals a few years back, and will for sure check them again. I'm hoping it is just a bad gasket that is causing the leak. I saw Robert snowbum recommends no sealer applied to the timing cover gasket. Does everyone agree?
by duantro
Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:10 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Oil leaking from behind timing cover on /5
Replies: 5
Views: 1869

Oil leaking from behind timing cover on /5

I've got some oil seeping out of the back side of the timing cover on the right side (when seated) of my Frankenstein r100/5. I've started taking it apart, but am waiting on a rotor puller tool from Dan at cycle works. Can anyone think of things to check when I get inside here?
by duantro
Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:55 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Crankcase breather advice please
Replies: 22
Views: 13122

Re: Crankcase breather advice please

That tool is genius. Popped it out in 15 seconds! Thanks!
by duantro
Sat Aug 15, 2015 2:04 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Crankcase breather advice please
Replies: 22
Views: 13122

Re: Crankcase breather advice please

Thanks bamboo812! That's exactly what I need!
by duantro
Fri Aug 14, 2015 5:16 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Crankcase breather advice please
Replies: 22
Views: 13122

Re: Crankcase breather advice please

Anyone have any other removal suggestions? Mine isn't budging with the wire and pry bar/ hammer method. Also tried heating casing.This thing is stuck. :evil:
by duantro
Tue Jun 17, 2014 4:54 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: /5 headlight ring tricks?
Replies: 16
Views: 3929

Re: /5 headlight ring tricks?

Ah zip ties! That is perfect. I will try this. Duane- do you wrap wire thru the opening as others use the zip tie?
by duantro
Sat Jun 14, 2014 1:29 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: /5 headlight ring tricks?
Replies: 16
Views: 3929

/5 headlight ring tricks?

Does anyone have any methods of making these headlight rings staying on? Whenever I hit a bump the ring pops off. I've even installed a set screw on top and it still happens, but at least now I don't have to worry as much about it hitting the road and getting destroyed.
by duantro
Sat Jun 07, 2014 11:36 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Intermittent Ignition woes
Replies: 35
Views: 8187

Re: Intermittent Ignition woes

Yeah Ken, I really want to like the dyna3 and the concept of better performance, but this setup just seems cheap and finicky. The fact that the rotor magnet set screws tighten on the camshaft point lobes, and aren't contoured to mate smoothly, seems suspect. If one gets slightly loose, then the othe...
by duantro
Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:02 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Intermittent Ignition woes
Replies: 35
Views: 8187

Re: Intermittent Ignition woes

I spent 3 hours today trying to get the dyna 3 dialed in. The adjustment for the individual sensors are a joke. They need a screwdriver slot similar to the points plate, or a set screw to make fine adjustments. I would over shoot adjust one direction, then the other. Also on a test drive it died out...