OK, I'm a little upset with my moto right now.. Or perhaps it's with my mechanical abilities :flame: I had lost all my low end power and figured my kips valves were sticking open. WOW, I was right, when I got the advancer shaft cover off it was stuck in the open position. I had just replaced the piston 5 months ago so I did not replace it this time. I just cleaned everything, relubed, and put it all back together. I cleaned all the valves and gears extremley well. Upon recomendation from Fredette, I turned my main valve shaft around 180 deg. so I'd have fresh gear teeth where the advancer shaft "claw" meets with the main shaft. And I bought a new "claw". I can turn the main shaft by hand and everything is smooth as silk, valves open/close, no hang ups. When I put the claw on the advancer shaft and test the mechanism it still sticks open ?!?!?! It's the mating of the claw and the main shaft gear.. BUT they're both new parts?!?! Has anyone else had this problem? I basically feel like I rebuilt my topend and purchased this $56 "claw" for nothing. Is there a way to raise or lower the height of the advancer shaft? This may help some of the binding.
Anyway, thanks for any help you can give!