KX Riders
Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: pippin07 on May 28, 2014, 05:17:20 PM
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hi all i have stripped the teeth in the power valves and i am looking to replace them and having a hard time finding them for an 88 kx 500 as they changed the design in 89 can anyone tell me where I might be able to find some or can i modify a later set any info will be appreciated
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eBay is your friend...
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cheers but ebay isnt being to friendly at the moment ha ha wish someone made repos of these
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Cylinder with valves
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.X88+KX500+CYLINDER&_nkw=88+KX500+CYLINDER&_sacat=0&_from=R40 (http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.X88+KX500+CYLINDER&_nkw=88+KX500+CYLINDER&_sacat=0&_from=R40)
He does not know that the cylinder can't be bored oversize as it is.
It needs to be stripped, repaired, and re-plated.
Or, it needs to be sleeved.
So, what he is selling is a core that needs to rebuilt.
I would try to get him to take a much lower offer.
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Also, 87 and 88 used the same two exhaust valves 12005-1080
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If you need help with valves send me a pm.
1986, 87 and 88 all used the same valves. I've seen 3 different configurations of the valves.
Based on my past experiences 86-87 usually had aluminum valves, and the 88's used either aluminum or steel.
There are also different configurations on the operating rod in the 88 models, some of the timing marks are in different places compared to other sets I have seen.
Are just the valves trashed or is the rod as well?
Like as sandblaster mentioned it's easiest to find them hidden in cheap cores on ebay.
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cheers everyone for your help and yes im watching that on ebay thanks you have all beeen really helpful and i have learned even more
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the actual teeth on the valves shaft are chewed up can other years teeth be cut nd welded on as such or pushed off and another set pushed on from another models