350x the way I like it, with a wide ass

[scrawny]

take a very small regular screw driver, stick it in the hole of the bolt on the end of the cam chain tensioner that you took out. you should be able to back the tensioner off with that. have a helper hold the screwdriver while you take the cam chain off or lock it in place with a small vice grips.

edit:

after reading your post, do you have a web cam in it possibly? my 40b grind web is an absolute PAIN IN THE ASS to get in and out, must have something to do with the lobes being so big.

[SWIGIN]

its not the size of the cam.....hell....the xr500 or ft500 head is the same as a 350x and they have HUGE cams avaliable

its just tricky and theres only one way to do it...youll get it

[scrawny]

LOL wasnt sure, the big cam is all i have experience with.

i usually get pi$$ed, take a 5 min. brake, then WALAH!! slipps in like butter.

[The Goat]

okay...the cam was an utter joke to take off once I realized I was an idiot.

Now I have a new issue, how to get the rockers out of the box? If they simply unscrew, I'm screwed, because they are in there TIGHT, it would definitely strip before it would come undone.

[350xrider911]

there r dowl pin that hold them in. mine i just got some vice gripse and twisted them out, and then there a little shaft u might have to press on the other end to get them out. its pretty easy once u take a good look u might have to put new o-ring around the shaft, i had to

[350xrider911]

here, is a diagram it might help. http://216.37.204.206/Mcmart/Honda_O...pe=13&A=20&B=5

[scrawny]

yea there are 2 little pins that hold the rocker shafts in.

im not sure if they will come out with just a vice grips. i had to grind a small slot in them then drive them out with a punch, then buy new ones.

[350xrider911]

you try twisting them like a blot, my was vary easy to come out. but ive heard poeple say u have to destry them to get them out.

[The Goat]

okay, well now i have a new problem. just took the head to be bored, and it turns out that it is already on it's last bore. i can have it resleeved, but that's 70 bucks for the sleeve and then the cost of resleeving. does anyone have an old jug laying around that has a few bores left on it. I really don't want to drop the money on the resleeving unless I move up to the 393 kit from powroll.

Please pm me if you have an extra jug, I'm not expecting a handout.

One question about the powroll kit, you can use the same base gasket, so the sleeve itself can't be that much bigger....where do you get an 86mm piston if you ever have to rebuild again?

[The Goat]

come on man, someone has to have a jug, i'll buy it. do any other jugs fit on there? 400ex or anything?

[SWIGIN]

just a tip for you....put your cyl in front of a bullit heater for 5 to 10 minuits and the old sleeve will fall right out if you drop it on the floor....lol

then freeze the new sleeve and heat the cly up again and it will drop right in

then all it will cost is the price of the sleeve and a bore

with any big bore other then a 89mm you need to mod your gaskets...this is why im going this way on mine...i can use off the shelf xr500 gaskets and pistons

[The Goat]

okay...so the max piston size for a stock 350x is supposed to be 82mm. The cylinder jug that I have is at 83mm according to the shop. the odd part is, the walls don't look thin.....

If I have the jug resleeved, could I have it resleeved with the 400ex sleeve? it is 85mm stock with a max of 88.

what issues would I encounter? does the cylinder have to be machined to accept the larger sleeve? would the 400ex piston connect to my rod? are there differences in height? what am I not thinking of, as I'm rather ignorant concerning this aspect. I do know that with the 400ex bore of 85mm coupled with the 350x stroke of 68mm the end result would be a 385cc machine.

Please offer some opinions and thoughts here people, especially you swigin...you seem to be quite the guru concerning modifying the 350x. hopefully I'll wake up to some replies and good news...as opposed to the mainly bad news I've gotten today.

One last question...my goal is for reliability. But...what about the XR500 sleeving?

[Yamada]

just a tip for you....put your cyl in front of a bullit heater for 5 to 10 minuits and the old sleeve will fall right out if you drop it on the floor....lol

then freeze the new sleeve and heat the cly up again and it will drop right in

then all it will cost is the price of the sleeve and a bore

with any big bore other then a 89mm you need to mod your gaskets...this is why im going this way on mine...i can use off the shelf xr500 gaskets and pistons

Very interesting SWIGIN, but what exactly is a bullit heater? Is it a heater that look like a fuel tank with a long horizontal tube on top of it. We have one and it burn diesel.

[SWIGIN]

bullit, torpedo, salimander (sp?) its a kerosin heater with a highpowered fan

GOAT, look at my ascot thread in mad scientist.....you can see the xr500 sleeve swap and whats involved. (if it works a 400ex sleeve swap would be the same work)

the 400ex sleeve could be made to work but i never had a 400ex piston in my hand to compare to a 350x piston....so i dont know about that, but thats the same idea as me useing the xr500 parts.

off the shelf parts beat high dollar custom stuff sometimes

[The Goat]

got a cylinder, tires, a ton of little nuts and bolts and things from honda, clutch lever (MSR), green fork boots, white shrouds, new sprockets, a green chain, green fuel lines, a brake caliper and some other stuff.

didn't get to send out my stuff to megacycle yet, I ordered a Cam on here from packhamstruckk like a month ago, and I'm still waiting, damned winter and canada. hopefully that comes in soon and I can send that off. My old cam and rockers has been siting in my living room for two weeks or so. also going to be getting a seat from the moshman's...provided I can scrounge up enough cash. I'm trying to get everything I need before I decide to start putting it together, but with my gas tank for my 200x with syko, I'm getting desperate to ride.

something else...um... ah thinking about ordering a street bike front master cylinder, they have some cool looking ones, and my 200x could deal with the one off of the 350x.

syko, if you do my tank, i'll send you some tires that you really really want tomorrow! TRAIL PROS!!!! i might even include the ones off the X too. lol.