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<blockquote data-quote="Martyn Goodwin" data-source="post: 89206" data-attributes="member: 2433"><p>Have you tackled the head yet?? Here is a trap for old players.... I thought the tappets were a tad noisy lately and today opened the inspection caps to find the exhaust rocker was loose - I was able to wobble it both up n down as well as in and out!! WTF!! </p><p></p><p>A month back (some 800 miles since) I had fitted a new ET100/1 modified rocker feed bolt replacing a worn component. I did not check at the time but have since discovered that the shaft portion of the new ET100/1 that passes through the hole in the rocker bearing ET26/1 was just a whisker longer than the hole in the bearing was deep. Result was with everything done up tight ET26/1, the rocker bearing was NOT being held/clamped securely against the roof of the rocker tunnel and was free to float about. No wonder it was noisy.</p><p></p><p>This did cause some minor fretting inside the tunnel but nothing requiring work to the head itself. The fix was to take out the 'nut' from the ET100/1 and carefully grind its length / shoulders to the point where it no longer protrudes beyond the outer surface of the rocker bearing. All back together now and the motor is a quiet as a mouse - well one eating nuts <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. </p><p></p><p>Of course, having disturbed the oil return lines I now have a minor oil leak at the base of the rocker feed banjo - its the fibre washer ET189 - so next task , find a replacement for that! Anyone know what the ID of that fibre washer is meant to be??</p><p></p><p>M</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martyn Goodwin, post: 89206, member: 2433"] Have you tackled the head yet?? Here is a trap for old players.... I thought the tappets were a tad noisy lately and today opened the inspection caps to find the exhaust rocker was loose - I was able to wobble it both up n down as well as in and out!! WTF!! A month back (some 800 miles since) I had fitted a new ET100/1 modified rocker feed bolt replacing a worn component. I did not check at the time but have since discovered that the shaft portion of the new ET100/1 that passes through the hole in the rocker bearing ET26/1 was just a whisker longer than the hole in the bearing was deep. Result was with everything done up tight ET26/1, the rocker bearing was NOT being held/clamped securely against the roof of the rocker tunnel and was free to float about. No wonder it was noisy. This did cause some minor fretting inside the tunnel but nothing requiring work to the head itself. The fix was to take out the 'nut' from the ET100/1 and carefully grind its length / shoulders to the point where it no longer protrudes beyond the outer surface of the rocker bearing. All back together now and the motor is a quiet as a mouse - well one eating nuts :-). Of course, having disturbed the oil return lines I now have a minor oil leak at the base of the rocker feed banjo - its the fibre washer ET189 - so next task , find a replacement for that! Anyone know what the ID of that fibre washer is meant to be?? M [/QUOTE]
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