CCT conversion

[WMarshy]

If you've removed the gears from the camshafts, make sure the timing marks on the gears are aligned with the dots on the camshafts and not 180* out...

Camshaft sprocket timing mark
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..."Cam sprockets go on with the embossed markings away from the mounting flange and the one with the bump goes toward the dot on the cam"

I happened to notice those markings and realized their orientation relative to the cam dots before you mentioned it. Thanks for the tip though! Any idea what the torque value is for the sprocket bolts? I didnt read ahead in the manual yet to look for it, should be in there right?

[bikerphil]

Cam sprocket bolts, 14.5 ft/lb.

[BA80]

Same as all the bolts, the torque spec is 1/4 turn before it breaks...


14.5 ft. lbs. Wade................( according to the manual anyway)

[WMarshy]

Same as all the bolts, the torque spec is 1/4 turn before it breaks...


14.5 ft. lbs. Wade................( according to the manual anyway)

Is there an echo in here? I guess I have a good reason to go buy an in/lb torque wrench now!

[BA80]

Phil and I were posting over each other. His beat mine.

[James England]

James: Aside from the amount of work and information that's been put into the benefiscal.co.uk parts lists, almost any picture on the planet is, of course, better than the ones printed in the Yamaha manual!

Got ya! So they're photos in the Yamaha manual? I always thought they were engravings


I checked my Haynes manual last night and there's no mention at all of those pointers on the cam sprockets. Presumably, that's why I wasn't looking for them when I did my shims. Hopefully, it doesn't matter. I did 90mph last night (what with that and not wearing a helmet the other night, I'm getting to be quite a tearaway). No problems with anything. No extra noise from the swapped CCT. Nothing from the cam sprockets, so I presume I either got them lined up by fluke, or those pointer things don't matter.

[3Phase]

As far as I was able to see by moving the gears around in a spare-parts engine this afternoon: the pointers on the camshaft gears don't matter. They might be used in another engine but they're decorative in the XS11 engine.

I believe the word 'engraving' is a very generous superlative when used to describe the rough caricatures of useful images in the Yamaha manual that implies a durability and clarity that is not present. Maybe someone who once saw a camera as a small child stayed for half an hour in a motel room in the same section of the city as the print shop. Maybe.

[James England]

As far as I was able to see by moving the gears around in a spare-parts engine this afternoon: the pointers on the camshaft gears don't matter. They might be used in another engine but they're decorative in the XS11 engine.

That's reassuring. Like you say, Scott, they probably used those sprockets in another engine where the pointy bits do matter.

[skids]

Of course I dont know for sure, but if the holes in the sprockes line up with the holes in the cams regardless of the location of those marks on the sprockes,, and if there is an even number of teeth, it couldn't matter. Symetry is symetry!

[WMarshy]

Thanks for the tips guys. Got the bike all back together and went for a test ride late last night. No problems, started right up and idled smooth. Rode a few miles to the gas station and started seeing smoke off no.1 header. Took a look and oil was leaking out my valve cover. Noticed the corner cover bolt was half way out of the hole! Don't think I missed it when I was torquing them down, I think it must of loosened from heating up. I don't know what the torque is for those bolts but I used 7.5ft/lbs. Wiped down the oil and snugger it back up with my allens I cary and went home to re torque them. Found most of them loosened up some from expanding... rode around today and no more leaks, runs good. Once I get the aluminum half moon cam plugs made and ready to install Im adjusting valve clearance. Excited to see what kind of clearances it has and how much better it will run.

[je2wheeler]

CCT Yet again

SOLD! I have from ebay a Venture CCT and ready to install following all advise and precautions but I have one question that is bugging me, What is the tourque of the 19mm plug? If someone has a manual for the V-Max/Vanture and pass that on to me, or I am guessing 31.1 ft/lb. Thanks to all

[bikerphil]

SOLD! I have from ebay a Venture CCT and ready to install following all advise and precautions but I have one question that is bugging me, What is the tourque of the 19mm plug? If someone has a manual for the V-Max/Vanture and pass that on to me, or I am guessing 31.1 ft/lb. Thanks to all

Cam chain tensioner cap bolt: 15ft/lb taken from the V-Max service manual.

[WMarshy]

SOLD! I have from ebay a Venture CCT and ready to install following all advise and precautions but I have one question that is bugging me, What is the tourque of the 19mm plug? If someone has a manual for the V-Max/Vanture and pass that on to me, or I am guessing 31.1 ft/lb. Thanks to all

Lol since you asked I used 20 ft/lbs. I broke one of my tensioners b/c I over torqued it. good thing I had two. Whatever... Trying to get the 19mm bolt out they seemed like they had a million ft/lbs on them, what a pain to get off when the body isn't bolted to anything! With the copper crush washer and all I figured it needed a lot especially after the hard time it took to get it off. I first torqued to 20 then thought, meh thats not much, more is better! So I tried 50 ft/lbs definitely snapped the bugger lol.

[je2wheeler]

Cam chain tensioner cap bolt: 15ft/lb taken from the V-Max service manual.

Thank you, I'll start tomorrow, but I’ll sleep better tonight -

[je2wheeler]

[QUOTE=WMarshy;332022]Lol since you asked I used 20 ft/lbs. I broke one of my tensioners b/c I over torqued it.

Thank you for the help, but it does look very much like a drain plug.