Hi All,
Jack Clegg: Thank you for your input and experience! Yes heat is my friend
but not friendly enough.. I tried "some" heat (some days ago) but it did not make it go on easy, but with some soft mallet use it got on a bit, sufficiently to get rather stuck as it cooled down... Yes, it moved quite freely before. And it is probably not a correct bearing... I did go for a try to fit it with heat ...see below
G15 Roy, and 1608, allanengineer, Duncan and all others given input: I hope you can forgive me for not following all advice and even make stupid choices... even if I know your experience is most likely 1000 fold of mine in this area. But for reasons of enthusiasm, time limits (last day of vacation. and i know this will still take yrs..) , impatience I just went ahead..... with a large chance for sorrows. What I do hope to avoid is to worsen the situation, but to in a cheap and quick(relative) way se if I can get to start the bike (aiming for within 6month-1.5 yrs..).
I did mount the cams and cam followers etc. I tested fitting and after a while got it right with the cam bushing fitting.I pre-prepared 4 studs to go on teh crank case to help pull it together. heated up the timing side a bit with a torch, smeared on (thinly)some gasket on tube. Managed to get teh timing side case on , and cams in bushes , to teh point it hangs on the bearing. Fitted teh studs and heated some more. Then i made some strikes with the mallet, tightend the studsnuts a bit in X order, hit with mallet , tightened the nuts slightly etc etc.. during the process the case "popped" or sounded like a short "krockk" every now and then , presumably as the bearing made small steps into the case. I felt teh cams being stuck but hoped it wold easy up when aligned. After a few minutes the faces met, I heated some more, made som mallet strikes in some sense to ease tension..?
Gasket sealant had flown out minimally around.
To my relief the cams moved smoothly.
Then i tried the crank shaft...stuck as a rock! (almost at tears, hearing teh words of alanengineer...) Damned!! I positioned teh engine properly and had a better grip and tried, stuck solid!! How the.... I shoudl have listened ...but on teh other hand I know I had to try ..sooner then later
After the first panic lay down, I agreed to give up (which would probably be for a couple of month to get strength and time..), then anger hit me and I thought "no damage in trying for all i have!!" so I took a good grip and it staretd to move..and in a turn or 2 it now moves quite freely, not extremely easy, but no problem moving, I guess the rollers was pressed sideways by the assembly? Now it feels good .
PLease let me know if you think could have induced any persisting damage ?
I know it will be hard to disassemble, but that I have done once before and it is doable
This also will allow me to continue with the rest as those smaller tasks will be easier to get time with.
I hope I have not made myself impossible by this approach as I Am sure i will ask for your guidance and input quite soon again!
AND I am VERY thankful for your input and ideas even if I did not follow/heed all of them I did consider them !!
Anders