Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
On the subject of engine work
delphipro5:
Well I brought my head and Kips bolt down to my engine builder and spoke with him about a few things....
First of all, the cylinder and piston were plated and matched by millenium... Now with the horror plate jobs I have read on this site, how do you guys rate millenium as far as plate work goes? I hear USChrome is an excellent company, I just wanted to hear from him who did mine, and it was millenium. Any input? :?
Also, I had told him my flywheel was a bit corroded :-D(A bit??) and with the added weight of the stealthy f.w. weight, and the increased power out of the engine, I have heard of these things tearing themselves apart. And he told me he cleaned it up and it looked good, only surface corrosion. Said it looks brand new?(I didn't see it so I don't know!) But he told me no problem there and I don't NEED a new one. We will see. Also I got another source coil off ebay and I will check how the whole stator/generator/coil setup looks when I get it back, but I think I will just run the O.O.S. oem coil this season.
I Have not mentioned the chamfer on the piston window, for fear of sounding like an idiot. So I will just look at it myself when I get the motor back and see. Should be able to see it with a flashlight thru the intake. It will suck if it's not smoothed, but I think it will be.
I asked if he had looked at the clutch hub's for wear and he told me that they did not look too bad, but if they are worn a bit he will smooth them when he rebuilds it. That is fine for now, I guess.
I can change all that myself next year if I really need to (flywheel, coil, new clutch hubs, whatever) I'm not too worried about it, I think he will do a good job overall.
I just wanted to know peoples feelings on millenium
delphipro5:
So nobody has any ratings on millenium? As far as plate jobs go?? :-(
Still wating on my engine. And my carb from dicks. :|
kaw rider:
here is a fresh plating job from mellenium. this cylinder has been replated 3 times for free under there warranty. :?
sandblaster:
I know it's expensive but I think it's time they completely changed out their solution or pay for the right balance of chemicals to re-new their solution, and I don't mean just adding chrome.
Either way it's not cheap but re-plating 3 times :?
delphipro5:
Thanks Kaw that's fantastic. I guess I pretty much just threw-up on this engine by letting this guy get his hands on it! I'M PISSED, I don't even know anymore. Whatever, F#@K it honestly. It's getting to the point that I don't even have the will to finish this whole agenda. NO help from anyone. Still 20 degrees outside. Maybe I should just take up shoveling snow as a hobby. I was going to post pics of the carb. I just got back from dick's, but screw it. I'm not even useing it anyway. And I don't even like what I see for a # of reasons. Oh-well I'm going to go watch some tv and actually enjoy my time off for a change. It's cheaper too, since all I seem to be able to get done right on this build is spend $$ :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x
SORRY GUYS, I WILL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT I AM VERY TEMPERMENTAL. I DO NOT MEAN ANYTHING BY IT. I will leave this post on here though.
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