I've been slooooowly doing a valve adjustment on my Hawk.
Then the valve cover gaskets. Tried to do things (mostly) right and bought new rubber gaskets. Didn't do "right" enuf, and got Ebay specials.
It took a loooong time to clean out the red Permatex from the cover flanges, but I did. I applied gasket adhesive and fitted the gasket to one cover. Discovered that rubber must cost a lot in China, and the gasket is ever-so-slightly too small, so it pulls in. I cleaned up the old gaskets. They are ever-so-slightly big, so the outer flanges hold the gaskets in place, instead of pulling off to the inside.
I got the rear cover in place (no torque spec was found in the manual) after removing the fuel line from the little hanger beside the rear tank mount.
I tried to put the front cover on but failed. I knew it was going to be tough, the way I had to work it off it dragged over the valve gear wasn't any better trying to put it on.
I 'm going to draft my wife to hold the hoses and thermostat housing up and hopefully out of the way enuf to get the cover on without displacing the glued gasket.
Any hints to get that front cover on with the gasket in place?
Then the valve cover gaskets. Tried to do things (mostly) right and bought new rubber gaskets. Didn't do "right" enuf, and got Ebay specials.
It took a loooong time to clean out the red Permatex from the cover flanges, but I did. I applied gasket adhesive and fitted the gasket to one cover. Discovered that rubber must cost a lot in China, and the gasket is ever-so-slightly too small, so it pulls in. I cleaned up the old gaskets. They are ever-so-slightly big, so the outer flanges hold the gaskets in place, instead of pulling off to the inside.
I got the rear cover in place (no torque spec was found in the manual) after removing the fuel line from the little hanger beside the rear tank mount.
I tried to put the front cover on but failed. I knew it was going to be tough, the way I had to work it off it dragged over the valve gear wasn't any better trying to put it on.
I 'm going to draft my wife to hold the hoses and thermostat housing up and hopefully out of the way enuf to get the cover on without displacing the glued gasket.
Any hints to get that front cover on with the gasket in place?
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