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Engine Swap - Keep Original?

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bitzz said:
That Ari guy is 100% wrong as much as he's right
That Craig guy is a HACK.
Redditer's know NOTHING. A bunch of smartassed kids
Paul Brody is good... but the hack uses right thread on BOTH ends of a rod end... the HORROR.
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Where does Pegassus fit on this list?

Flat and cross screwdrivers all ya need. Don't forget to grease the axel sticks when reassembling.
 
Can't you get another one for less than the cost of parts to fix yours. These were going for $1000 10 years ago with 10000k maybe even find a good used engine for a couple of hundred? Not trying to discourage you but sometimes it can be cheaper to start over especially on old bikes.

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Scuba Steve said:
Can't you get another one for less than the cost of parts to fix yours. These were going for $1000 10 years ago with 10000k maybe even find a good used engine for a couple of hundred? Not trying to discourage you but sometimes it can be cheaper to start over especially on old bikes.

Sent from the future
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It's ALWAYS going to be cheaper to throw in a good scrapyard pull engine vs rebuilding. Do some legwork, check compression and ideally hear it run before buying, but I don't doubt there's lots of low mileage donor engines out there.

I told my daughter the same thing about her Kia Soul last week - if the engine or tranny fell out of it tomorrow it's literally a $500 part and the labour to have it re-and-re'd, and the car is back on the road. Rebuilding either would cost many times more.
 
Scuba Steve said:
Can't you get another one for less than the cost of parts to fix yours. These were going for $1000 10 years ago with 10000k maybe even find a good used engine for a couple of hundred? Not trying to discourage you but sometimes it can be cheaper to start over especially on old bikes.

Sent from the future
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That's how I got the '01. It was supposed to be a donner-bike, but plans changed when I decided to winter-ride. But it was $2000 two years ago. The only GSX750F's I see for $1000 are junk.
 
Brian P said:
This generation of Katana is not like photo 13 (which has the old skool Suzuki GS-series engines). The generation of Katana under discussion here is the bubbly-styled full-enclosure-fairing type which has an engine of air-and-oil-cooled first-generation GSXR design origin. Like this Google Image Result for https://cdn.visordown.com/styles/amp_1200/s3/494_0.jpg?itok=P-SVC72u

What have you done to diagnose the noisy engine ... ? ? ?

If it has a bad timing chain tensioner, the first step is to check the condition of the tensioner, before you touch anything else on the engine. This is an in-frame job. I don't know if you can get at it without removing the carburetors ... possibly. Definitely do this before taking the engine out of the bike.

The shop manual has procedures for diagnosing the tensioner, and for how to reset and install it. Follow those.

If you find during removal that the tensioner was not applying any tension because it has extended all the way out (when you take out the bolts, you don't feel the tensioner pushing further out as you release the last bolt, and you can re-install the fully-extended tensioner without following the tensioner-resetting procedure without feeling like it is pushing against something internal - the chain guide), this means the chain and/or guides are shot, and then, yes, the engine needs to come apart.

If you find that the tensioner was not applying any tension because the internal spring isn't pushing any more, or if it can be pushed shorter by hand indicating that the internal ratcheting mechanism has failed, you need a new one.

If the stock (spring-loaded) tensioner has gone bad, one option is to replace it with a manual one: GSXR Zone - Cam Chain Tensioners
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Great info here, and things to investigate.

Btw, that image is my bike exactly, at least when I bought it. The grey '03 GSX750F. I think, the most common Katana.

I'll follow this advice for my '03, I think, but I'd still like to rebuild one, so I'll rebuild the '01 in the future. That was my original plan when I bought it; to have a fully re-built engine on the shelf when needed. Partially for the learning experience, and partially because I want to keep my Katana running as long as I do. The fit and seating position are almost perfect for me.

If I could get 2" more height on the seat, and a larger wind screen for the cold days, it would be perfect, now that I've added custom luggage.
 
bitzz said:
Why is it always a Suzuki?
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If you name a bike after tinned fish you're bound to be ridiculed. (loved the bit about dick brakes)
 
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