Rod. High tensile bolts. The original nuts are those weird "Single Use" deformable jobs. Piss 'em off and use ordinary nuts and Schoore washers with a bit of...
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Peter- Oh yeah circlip and nuts on the drivers right. Off to get the washers. Loctite and coating per recommendation. But what about the torque and pattern in...
On a 'Vert getting the suspension right is even more important than on most machines due to the lack of engine braking and the beast's ability to *drift* into...
I'd advise you check if your calipers already have alloy pistons in them. Usually if someone has gone to the trouble of fitting braided lines they will of...
Oh no no no I have the SS lines they haven't been installed yet. When I ordered them I thought I would rebuild the current brakes. After looking at the...
Hey everyone I'm having a little trouble with a recently purchased Convert. It starts well, runs strong up to about 65mph and then begins to stumble. It won't...
... Look at your timing. There is a good chance that the mechanical advancer is dry and stuck. Destroys performance at the upper end. Tear open the core of...
... I,also, am a new owner of a convert. I rode mine from Harper's MG (missouri) back to Tampa. At around 900 miles, in So. Ga, it stalled at an intersection...
I'll agrree with Pat, it sounds like timing. If the advance isn't stuck another likelihood is that the points are gapped too wide. If this is done then as the...
I agree with all who have said to start with the timing and the advance. I would do a cursory check with a timing light, and if the mark moves as you rev up...
What about the possibility of dirty fuel screens or dirty main jets limiting fuel flow at higher throttle openings? ... advance. ... moves as you ... 65mph." ...
I've been reading these posts for a while now ('76) and I think this is the first time I've read anything about the cam chain tensioner needing attention....
yep the chain can stretch with mileage. The stock tensioner has no self adjusting ability so soon after new it doesn't hold chain in tension. you can remove...
The stock tensioner is a piece of shit! Quite simply it doesn't work. There is an aftermarket 'Blade' type tensioner marketed under a variety of names but...
the split link chain is dicey to do, but with patience and a few scrunched knuckles I've made it work without removing gears by installing the master link gap...
does anyone know why some of these posts don't come through to my mail box? I never got the response from Pete Roper and this is not the first time I have...
So, if I'm following all this correctly, when your timing light is showing the advance bouncing all over the place at steady engine speed, the timing chain is...
Perhaps you have a partial fuel blockage. You may want to clean your carbs, check the filters under the carb inlet banjos, and check your inline filters if you...
... Bingo. The long side of the chain is flapping about under harmonic vibration. The mechanical relationship between the crank (where you see the timing...
Is the converse true? If the timing light is rock steady then the chain tension is probably OK? I'm asking because my '76 Convert has only been with me 2...
There is one other option, that I have that will cause the timing mark to be somewhat erratic. The bearing on the distributor. That is the case with mine....
... Sort of, but not exactly. The chain is made of many pieces. They can't possibly be infinitesimally identical from link to link. The long side of the...
Yup. A phenomenon known as 'Scatter'. Pete drydenapts@... wrote: So, if I'm following all this correctly, when your timing light is showing the advance...
While I am new to this group I am not new to Guzzi's. I have a 74 Eldo I bought use and in poor shape about 1983. A quick rebuild with new sleeves and 1000...
