Hello everyone,
Long-time lurker, first time posting. I have had my te 510 since 2009 and I love this bike. It is such a fun bike to ride and climb mountains with! I have put about 4500 miles on it, probably 60/40 road (to and from trails in Roosevelt National Forest) and trails respectively.
Anyhow, my friend I were doing some maintenance on it getting ready for another riding season and we took the valve cover off to check the valves and I noticed that there was a crack all the way through in the #3 camshaft cap (see pictures below).
So in my research I found another thread on this forum that explained why I was unable to just order a replacement part (because it's part of the top end and machined together)- and that was a huge bummer! So much for a quick, easy and cheap replacement part
Anyhow, I would really like to avoid buying a whole new top end just because of this one cracked piece. Is this even possible or advisable? My friend thought that it may be possible to have a precision weld done on the top and edges of the crack(so as to not to interfere with the groove on the underside that holds the cam bearing in place)- as long as the cap didn't warp in the process. What do you guys think about that possible solution?
What about possibly finding that part somewhere, and having it machined to fit the spec on my engine at a local shop? Is that viable?
If none of these are good options and I do indeed need to replace the entire top end, does anyone know of a good place to order one? I tried halls-cycles.com, but couldn't get the part# to add to the cart.
Thanks in advance.
Long-time lurker, first time posting. I have had my te 510 since 2009 and I love this bike. It is such a fun bike to ride and climb mountains with! I have put about 4500 miles on it, probably 60/40 road (to and from trails in Roosevelt National Forest) and trails respectively.
Anyhow, my friend I were doing some maintenance on it getting ready for another riding season and we took the valve cover off to check the valves and I noticed that there was a crack all the way through in the #3 camshaft cap (see pictures below).
So in my research I found another thread on this forum that explained why I was unable to just order a replacement part (because it's part of the top end and machined together)- and that was a huge bummer! So much for a quick, easy and cheap replacement part
Anyhow, I would really like to avoid buying a whole new top end just because of this one cracked piece. Is this even possible or advisable? My friend thought that it may be possible to have a precision weld done on the top and edges of the crack(so as to not to interfere with the groove on the underside that holds the cam bearing in place)- as long as the cap didn't warp in the process. What do you guys think about that possible solution?
What about possibly finding that part somewhere, and having it machined to fit the spec on my engine at a local shop? Is that viable?
If none of these are good options and I do indeed need to replace the entire top end, does anyone know of a good place to order one? I tried halls-cycles.com, but couldn't get the part# to add to the cart.
Thanks in advance.