Hi. I just stripped my bike down to the bare bones to change my 24 year old timing belt, I found it quite easy with all the plastic off. The bike only has 23000 on it but had been parked up for 13 years. It looks fine no sign of wear at all, but as I'm down this far I'm going to change it.
Just ordered the gates belt to replace it with, it's a bit cheaper than the Honda.
only problem I had stripping it all down was with the bolt that holds the cam plate on
I could not get my socket on it as there was not enough room between the bolt and the frame. I managed to get it off after quite a bit of effort. I am a bit concerned about how I'm going to get the torque wrench in to tighten it up again.
any one else had this problem? If so how did you over come it. I feel it was good experience stripping it down, top and bottom hoses seemed fine, can't see any signs of leaks as yet. I take it I slacken the tensioner to remove the belt and release it when the new belt is in place after all marks are matched up?
Just ordered the gates belt to replace it with, it's a bit cheaper than the Honda.
only problem I had stripping it all down was with the bolt that holds the cam plate on
I could not get my socket on it as there was not enough room between the bolt and the frame. I managed to get it off after quite a bit of effort. I am a bit concerned about how I'm going to get the torque wrench in to tighten it up again.
any one else had this problem? If so how did you over come it. I feel it was good experience stripping it down, top and bottom hoses seemed fine, can't see any signs of leaks as yet. I take it I slacken the tensioner to remove the belt and release it when the new belt is in place after all marks are matched up?