Valve lifter (/bucket) removal

[Capn Ron]

Okay, I'm trying real hard here.  Hopefully these pictures come across OK.


The pistons, post cleaning.  I started to feel that to remove the last little bit of carbon buildup was going to cause more problems than the carbon itself - so I guess if it really bugs me I can try one of several products meant to go into the engine while it's running, and see if that takes care of the last little bit.  In all likelihood, I will ignore those black marks forever.

Heavy duty oven cleaner works wonders on the carbon buildup on the top of pistons.  Here's a shot of "piston 1" clean next to piston 2:



Have at it man!   

[ribbert]

Ye gods, the motorcycle turned into bags of parts and then back into a motorcycle...  How'd that even happen?

Holy cats!

I love that line.

Well done on the rebuild. No motor is ever as sweet as the one you build yourself.

Noel

[FJ1100mjk]

No motor is ever as sweet as the one you build yourself.

Noel

You should Copyright your catchphrase. 

[universalhat]

Heavy duty oven cleaner works wonders on the carbon buildup on the top of pistons.  Here's a shot of "piston 1" clean next to piston 2:



Have at it man!   

Woah, that worked...  Way better than what I tried.  I scrubbed and scrubbed with nylon bristle brushes, then put 'em in an ultrasonic cleaner with a drop of dish detergent.  Seemed to do the job pretty well without pitting 'em noticeably, but after a few days of on-off-on-off the progress seemed to stop, so I called the rest of the debris "probably not harmful."
Next time(!), I'll probably go with oven cleaner.  Ain't no chemicals better than chemicals with a big warning reading "if this gets in your eyes or on your skin, even momentarily, it's the very end for you."

[ribbert]

Ain't no chemicals better than chemicals with a big warning reading "if this gets in your eyes or on your skin, even momentarily, it's the very end for you."

Haha, so true, and conversely, any that mentions being friendly to the environment or has "bio" anything somewhere on the label, doesn't work.

Noel.

[movenon]

Funny you say that.  I was with another FJ member at the local Cycle Gear store this morning and seen a can of   "Biodegradable Chain Lube" and my first passing thought was the same.  If it has "Bio" in the name don't touch it, don't look at it, pretend your eyes didn't see it and get as much distance as you can from it 
George

[universalhat]

Funny you say that.  I was with another FJ member at the local Cycle Gear store this morning and seen a can of   "Biodegradable Chain Lube" and my first passing thought was the same.  If it has "Bio" in the name don't touch it, don't look at it, pretend your eyes didn't see it and get as much distance as you can from it 
George

...Or any lubricant being sold with the word "degradable" attached to it.
Degrading is exactly the opposite of what I want that to do.