I missed a thread or two -- might you summarize what you were doing -- what cause you to go to that effort, and any suggestions for someone following in your footsteps ?
I missed a thread or two -- might you summarize what you were doing -- what cause you to go to that effort, and any suggestions for someone following in your footsteps ?
The rocket lost a bunch of torque since the last visit to the dealer 2 years ago, after much research and talking to Scott, Paul and a reputable dealer in Texas, they all agreed that the timing was off, Scott kindly guided us over the phone on how to fix it, Paul rode from Enid 3 hours west to my house and we proceded to dissassemble the bike, Scott was the brain of the operation, Paul was the executor and i was the go getter
Bike's timing was way off, we adjusted it per Scott's instructions and his special tool, bike now runs at it should, so, if a bike has not the power it should i would say there is a very good chance that it is out of time
So another silly question: how can a bike lose timing in the first place ? I remember the bad old days of the distributor on a gear-driven shaft (remember those ?) and using a timing light to set the advance of the distributor.
I didn't think modern internal combustion engines with coils and ECU had those problems anymore.
So another silly question: how can a bike lose timing in the first place ? I remember the bad old days of the distributor on a gear-driven shaft (remember those ?) and using a timing light to set the advance of the distributor.
I didn't think modern internal combustion engines with coils and ECU had those problems anymore.
According to the dealer in texas, when an unexperienced mechanic adjusts the valves, (changes the shims), he has to take the cams out, when he puts it back together they don't adjust the cams correctly causing it to retard the timing, that is exactly what we found, @warp9.9 has a special Triumph tool to align the cams, that is how we were able to set the timing on the bike
Will post a pic of the tool if needed