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  1. Catphamileez
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    Dropped dowel pin down by crankshaft

    It's an XJ550
    Post by: Catphamileez, Oct 7, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  2. Catphamileez
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    Dropped dowel pin down by crankshaft

    I'll attach a pic of the couple of old tools I have, my magnet is definitely not as easy to maneuver as the one bigfitz posted. I also have this...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Oct 7, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  3. Catphamileez
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    Dropped dowel pin down by crankshaft

    I'm somewhat confused by these responses. I can get a glimpse I think of the two chains bigfitz is talking about through one small hole near the...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Oct 6, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  4. Catphamileez
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    Dropped dowel pin down by crankshaft

    I'm positive I dropped it down the center cam well. I could see it down there on top of the cam chain until I tried to fish it out with some wire...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Oct 6, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  5. Catphamileez
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    Dropped dowel pin down by crankshaft

    I tried using all the tools I had to get the pin out through the engine, and none of them with fit into the oil sump. I couldn't see the pin in...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Oct 6, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  6. Catphamileez
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    Dropped dowel pin down by crankshaft

    Where exactly is the passage that leads to the sump in this area? I'm sorry, I'm not super familiar with the lower parts of the engine
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 30, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  7. Catphamileez
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    Dropped dowel pin down by crankshaft

    I messed up bad. I was bolting my camshafts back into place, and I managed to drop a dowel pin down into the slit in the middle of the engine...
    Thread by: Catphamileez, Sep 25, 2020, 27 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  8. Catphamileez
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    I got the pilot jets out using an easy out. This is pretty exciting. Tomorrow I get parts in the mail so I'll rebuild the carbs, set float...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 22, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  9. Catphamileez
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    It doesn't matter how carefully I line the blade up or how hard I push. The driver just spins around on the head of the jet.
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 20, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  10. Catphamileez
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    Here is a photo of one of the jets. They all look like this. They look pretty normal in the photos, but the parts of the head that the screwdriver...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 19, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  11. Catphamileez
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    What do you mean by the shoulder of the jet? The jet is down about a 2 inch hole in the carb.
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 18, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  12. Catphamileez
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    There's no way to turn them out, pushing and turning a flathead counterclockwise in the head never catches on anything.
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 17, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  13. Catphamileez
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    I'm taking it to my step-dads shop, so I'm sure we'll have PB blaster or something. What do you mean the outside? What should I grab with...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 17, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    My bad, I have commonly seen WD-40 referred to as penetrating lube.
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 17, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    Thanks for the advice. I'll invest in both of those next season. I do plan on keeping this bike, all this time alone in the garage with it sure...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 17, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  16. Catphamileez
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    I had to remove the cams because I removed a shim and then turned the engine without replacing it, so using the wire method I couldn't seem to get...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 16, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    Awesome link. Now if anyone had one about how to set float levels that would be awesome, I'm pretty sure I need to buy some cheap hardware for...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 15, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    I have an update. I went ahead and pushed the cam chain along slowly and turned the engine all the way around to align the T with the mark...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 15, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    When I reinstall the camshafts, do I have to time them? I see they have some sort of spiral gearing, will this time them properly for me?
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 15, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    Okay, the cam chain I think is on the crankshaft underneath still. Do I just help it through my zip tie holding it by the frame and rotate to T?...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 15, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    I see that. Is it okay to turn with the camshafts out and the cam chain hanging above?
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 15, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    Upon further reading, it looks like it wants me to take the cylinder head off the engine and then rotate it back to TDC after the head is off. I...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 15, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  23. Catphamileez
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    Okay, small problem. In my manual (Clymer XJ550), for removing the camshafts it says to remove the tensioner, bring the cams to the T on the...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 15, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    Well, I have throttle shaft seals on the way, as well as new pilot jets and pilot mixture screws as when I took the carbs apart the heads of those...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 15, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    I replaced all intake manifold boots when I got the bike because they were cracked and ripped all over. I'll order shims, the vacuum caps, the...
    Post by: Catphamileez, Sep 14, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    82 XJ550 Maxim Running Lean

    I have a 1982 XJ550 that I've been working on for a little while. When I first got it, it would rev too low and die if i didn't constantly give it...
    Thread by: Catphamileez, Sep 14, 2020, 39 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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