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1Back to top Go down   Vibration Empty Vibration Sat May 19, 2012 9:56 pm

Avenger GT

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My 1986 K100RT engine has always been very smooth, with just a very slight tingle around 3700 to 3800 revs. In the last week it has become very rough, vibrating enough to rattle the side stand against the exhaust, and even causing the fairing to vibrate when you rev it in neutral and close the throttle, and also on the overrun. The vibration seems worse around 2500 revs, but is there through the rev range, or at least up to 4500 revs ( I didn't feel like pushing it any harder in case something went bang ). Power doesn't seem to be affected, and there is no problem with starting, and it idles around 1100 revs which it has always done. Investigations are ongoing. 😕

    

2Back to top Go down   Vibration Empty Re: Vibration Sat May 19, 2012 10:34 pm

Rick G

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I would give it the inlet leak test first then a compression test. Does it increase with engine speed or road speed?


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3Back to top Go down   Vibration Empty Re: Vibration Sat May 19, 2012 10:45 pm

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Engine speed, road speed doesn't make any difference.

    

4Back to top Go down   Vibration Empty Re: Vibration Thu May 24, 2012 1:54 pm

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Checked so far;

Leak test on throttle body rubbers etc, OK.

Compression, 160psi on Nos. 1,2,3 cylinders, 170 on No 4.

Plug leads, plugs, coils, OK.

Valve clearances, OK.

The only thing I have found not right is No 4 inlet cam lobe. The leading edge (side ?) of the tip of the lobe is worn, leaving a distinct ridge just as it goes over the top. Could this be causing the vibes?? Time to crack open the rocker cover on the spares bike and see what's in there. :-c:

    

5Back to top Go down   Vibration Empty Re: Vibration Thu May 24, 2012 8:47 pm

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That's not a very good thing to see on a cam lobe. I would replace the cam and don't use the shim again. Replace the spring as it could be where the problem startes with a bit of chatter.
I would not say for sure that is where the vibes are comming from but it could well be


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"Man sacrifices his health in order to make money.
Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.
And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."   Dalai Lama


Bikes 1999 K1100 LT with a Big Block 1200
    

6Back to top Go down   Vibration Empty Re: Vibration Thu May 24, 2012 8:56 pm

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yep sounds like a stuck lifter ,,,could some thing like dirt - sand have gotten in the lifter bore preventing it from rotating ? or a blocked oil path out one of the camshaft saddles ?


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'86 K100 RT..#0090401 ..."Gerty" ( Gertrude Von Clickandshift ) --------O%O
'86 k100 rs.. #######..  "Fred " (f(rame) red ) ( Fredrick leichtundschnell ) - -
bits and pieces from many kind friends across the k100 world ...with many thanks ..
1987 k100rs ########   "Red"  - (red sports rs TWB style )
1989 K100rt #009637   "Black Betty"  (naked rt ala Nigel , now sporting an rs main fairing )
    

7Back to top Go down   Vibration Empty Re: Vibration Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:37 pm

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Only got back to this today. Removed the cam cover on the spares bike to find that the very part I need ( the inlet camshaft ) is broken between numbers 1 & 2 cam lobes, so I have a single cylinder K bike. No wonder the thing made a racket for the couple of seconds that I ran it. The cam lobes look blue, as if they have been run without oil. My guess is that the shaft seized in the bearings and sheared under the 2nd bearing cap. Now I have to hunt down an inlet cam.

    

8Back to top Go down   Vibration Empty Re: Vibration Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:50 pm

charlie99

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bugga !!!

hope you find one soon gt ...

ill bet that most folks want sell the whole motor though ...i wonder if motorworks ot the bins have wrecks that might contain what you need ?


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cheezy grin whilst riding, kinda bloke ....oh the joy !!!! ...... ( brick aviator )

'86 K100 RT..#0090401 ..."Gerty" ( Gertrude Von Clickandshift ) --------O%O
'86 k100 rs.. #######..  "Fred " (f(rame) red ) ( Fredrick leichtundschnell ) - -
bits and pieces from many kind friends across the k100 world ...with many thanks ..
1987 k100rs ########   "Red"  - (red sports rs TWB style )
1989 K100rt #009637   "Black Betty"  (naked rt ala Nigel , now sporting an rs main fairing )
    

9Back to top Go down   Vibration Empty Re: Vibration Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:57 pm

Avenger GT

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Motorworks list used camshafts for £29, so I will call them tomorrow and see what they have.

    

10Back to top Go down   Vibration Empty Re: Vibration Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:00 pm

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Avenger sorry to hear your problem. Hope you get it sorted soon. Motorworks excellent. Got my ICU from them, ordered on Wednesday arrived following Monday and was as expected.

I think 88KE might be interested in a run sometime, if we can have all 3 Ks running at the same time! Any more takers out there,? Any thoughts on somewhere to meet up? South east? Waterford? Lobster Pot in Carne [Wexford] is a really nice run and the lunch is excellent. Some nice places in Cashel too.


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1992 K100LT 0193214 Bertha Blue 101,000 miles
1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles. 
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 48,061 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 61,190 miles

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1968 Yamaha 80 YG1
1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
1973 Honda CB500-4
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