The crank was tight in the bearings. I tried everything to loosen her up but in the end had to split the crank cases and review the situation. I decided that the TS bearing was causing the problem (i...

Yamabond gasket on the facings and it all went together nicely. I do have a query/issue though - I'll go to the main board for some answers - the crank feels tight in the cases. It turns OK but certa...

  I've been obsessively cleaning the cases over the past few days and bought a set of dental picks to clean out the nooks and crannies. I even got them through the dishwasher on a high temperatu...

  Managed to get the sludge trap open after liberal application of heat and using a hand held impact driver. Slight delay until I realised that I was actually driving it deeper at one point!...

OK - Got the timing cover off with well timed and judicious use of an impact driver and it's pretty fugly in there....What little oil that remains is old and 'burnt' and everything is coated in black...