4 bent valves!!

[vtr..al]

Well i stripped out the front cylinder on the Red storm i just bought and found it had bent all the valves in the head....already got a replacement head sorted,cheers Tony .

So i will need Head gasket and two new tensioners and fingers crossed she should be all nice and quiet again....until i remove the removable baffles




Al

[bazza696]

Might seem a darft question that has been answrered on another post, but did you buy the bike as a non runner, knowing that it had shot valves??

[vtr..al]

Yes i did mate....i already suspected by the description from the seller that it had thrown the front tensioner so had budgeted for the spares needed.

Al

[Beamish]

Good job...... That should run well

[sirch345]

A proper job done to all 4 valves I see. A good job you have that spare c/head.

I'm not trying to tell you how to suck eggs, because I know you've done it before, but don't forget to follow my instructions for getting the valve timing reset correctly.

http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=8326

Chris.

[vtr..al]

Will do Chris...an excellent guide that is and the one i used when doing it last time.I always check then check again as i can know it would be a pain in the butt to have to strip it down again if it was 180 degrees out....just getting the tank of is a bugger of a job...although i'm getting quite accustomed to it now

Al