get ready for oil bath Honda looked at oil flow when all the cam problems started. You are in for an oil bath!
lets see some pics of those followers. you have to look very closely and the divot can be sometimes imperceptible but make a hugh racket....
sounds to me like you will be looking at rockers with divots carved out by the cam as the flash chrome on the rocker wore through. you can add...
vf500F vs VF500F F2 Go to page 2 of this forum and towards the bottom you will find a message thread on this exact subject. the fact that...
Lately there has been discussion on the VF400F. I'm wondering if you owners or previous owners ran into the valve train problems that showed up on...
yoshi cams it would be interesting to know the manufacturing process for these cams. They don't look like billet as I can see what looks like...
I would put my money on a failed rocker pad. The flash plating wears through and they get dished real quick. My '85 went from quiet to noisy in...
when you rebuilt the '84, were the heads touched at all. that is were those the original valves, springs, retainer, keepers?
For all you guys who have looked into repairing a VF engine after valve train failure, I'm curious how many would spend money if they could get...
If it is the cam rocker problem you will discover that you cannot get these parts easily or cheaply. Most people who have repaired the bikes seem...
The valve trains on the early VF's had many problem. The rockers developed dished spots and the cam chain tensioners had problems. You will not...
question about the F4 shock which is a popular replacement for the VF500F junker. can the mount with the damping adjuster be unscrewed from the...
anyone know specific details about the differences in the valves between '85 and '86. They have different part numbers. Also , VTR250 seems to...
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