Mech quit on me.
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 11:06 am
They mostly do Harleys so he's not confident, gave me other excuses but that's basically it. A bit ago I somehow ended up with zero compression in #1 after adjusting my valve clearances so I must have bent a valve or something. All I know is that it was running great on all four except for a little clacking I'd had from the get go, so I decided to back in and adjust my clearances again and do it by the book exactly and double check each tappet after tightening and using the correct torque and after all was said and done to a T suddenly I was without compression on #1. So I can only assume I need to get into the head, something I'm unfamiliar with.
So I did take everything off down to the head which is loosened and ready to be removed, when mechanic, after weeks of procrastinating with towing my bike over decided they couldn't do it. Cool, I don't blame em plus I wouldn't want anyone not comfortable working on it work in on then charging me per their education.
So I could totally get into it and buy the necessary tools and learn myself some valves but I really should not at this time in my life atm. Should I try to see if I could get the Harley guys to take my head and just redo my valves, no guarantees? I'm sure he won't be able to guarantee anything just taking the head. Or maybe take it to this car mechanic I know who seems much more willing to do different work as he's a custom worker mechanic/machine shop and knows heads in general. Shouldn't be too crazy for a general mechanic no? Or are our heads something different or tricky? Also, getting it back in, I'm guessing maybe a bit more involved getting it back up? I think I want to try this custom guy before my local Harley mech actually.
What do you guys think?
So I did take everything off down to the head which is loosened and ready to be removed, when mechanic, after weeks of procrastinating with towing my bike over decided they couldn't do it. Cool, I don't blame em plus I wouldn't want anyone not comfortable working on it work in on then charging me per their education.
So I could totally get into it and buy the necessary tools and learn myself some valves but I really should not at this time in my life atm. Should I try to see if I could get the Harley guys to take my head and just redo my valves, no guarantees? I'm sure he won't be able to guarantee anything just taking the head. Or maybe take it to this car mechanic I know who seems much more willing to do different work as he's a custom worker mechanic/machine shop and knows heads in general. Shouldn't be too crazy for a general mechanic no? Or are our heads something different or tricky? Also, getting it back in, I'm guessing maybe a bit more involved getting it back up? I think I want to try this custom guy before my local Harley mech actually.
What do you guys think?