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How important is the RH crank case cover?

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by Jberg, Apr 7, 2008.

  1. Jberg

    Jberg New Member

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    The more I work on my bike (82 XJ650 RJ) the more problems I find, I'm just about ready to throw in the towel... I have the engine completely disassembled to fix second gear and I found out I seem to be missing a large piece of the crank case at the right hand cover. I don't know how I missed this before, but it definitely seems to have happened before I got the bike as I've never had it on the road and there is evidence that it happened some time ago. It seemed to be running fine before I tore it down, so my question is how important is the right hand crank case cover? Do I need to get a new crank case?
     

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    stereomind Active Member

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    my 750 is bone-dry behind that cover. so maybe not a big deal?
     
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    It looks like thats the outside, I can't imagine it would be a problem.
     
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    Tape the inside of the crack,then a couple coats of JB weld on the outside...done!
     
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    That's the best news I've had in a while regarding my bike. Thanks for your help guys, especially the JB weld idea Danno, I'll pick some up on the way home tonight.

    Maybe I can get it on the road this summer... just maybe!
     
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    RickCoMatic Well-Known Member

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    Cosmetic.
    Do like the man said ... JB-it!

    Use a Sure-Form Blade and sculpt the outside pattern before the JB Weld cures-up solid and you'll be able to make that chip all but disappear.

    If you remove the Oil Gallery Cap below that blem to do forming and sanding; be careful putting it back on.

    They are marshmallow-soft cast aluminum ... NOT Billet ... and will break if you sneeze on the damn thing.
    Use some thread locker and take-it-up by hand.
     
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    No worries, you can run it as-is.
     
    Robert, Apr 9, 2008
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