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I've never had one apart, but I expect it's like nearly all other multi cylinder Japanese 4 strokes and has cast iron sleeves (not steel). Cast iron is microscopically porous, retains tiny amounts of oil and therefore wears better than steel. Steel has been used for dry sleeves (Ford tractors...

How do you remove the evaporator from under the dash on a 2002 Dodge Caravan? My Haynes manual is absolutely useless...they even have the drawing of the blower-evaporator housing upside down! I've replaced evaporators before and all manufacturers seem to enjoy making it nearly impossible to...

I'd almost bet money it's the pulsing coil (or magnetic pickup, Hall Effect sensor, crankshaft sensor, all the same thing) that I assume is on the end of the crankshaft. They are the little guys that take the place of the old style points. You'll have two of them, one for each coil. Sometimes...

First off, you don't want to be cranking non-stop for one minute because you can overheat the starter. Besides, if it hasn't started by that time, a dead battery is the least of your worries because you have bigger problems. Usually 5-10 seconds of cranking followed by 10-20 seconds of cooling...

I'd almost bet money it's the pulsing coil (or magnetic pickup, Hall Effect sensor, crankshaft sensor, all the same thing) that I assume is on the end of the crankshaft. They are the little guys that take the place of the old style points. You'll have two of them, one for each coil. Sometimes...

Does your speedo have a cable (mechanically driven) or wire (electronically driven)? That will make a difference as to what the problem could be.

The rattle business sounds like a loose cam chain to me. I don't know if it has an automatic cam chain adjuster, but I have an '80 CM400 and it has to be adjusted manually. Popping out of gear is usually the result of a bent shifting fork or worn engagement dogs on the gears. Neither is...

First off, how do you know it's running hot? I can't remember if your bike is air or water cooled, for some reason I think it's water cooled. If it is, are you going by the temperature gauge reading? Is the radiator full of coolant and have you "burped" it to expell the air? Does the fan...

I doubt it's the carbs out of sync because that will make the engine idle rough but it will become increasingly smooth the wider the throttle opening gets. With the fast idle and stalling, you might look for a vacuum leak. One way to figure that out is to pull one spark plug wire and see if...

Have you checked the headlight fuse? Usually brake lights are on a different circuit than head, tail and running lights are. Many times the headlight has its own fuse but that fuse comes after the fuse for all of the lights. If everything there is ok, it sounds like you are going to have to...

Depending upon whether your alternator is a permanent field or excited field, if you have any electrical savy you could make just about any regulator-rectifier work by simply making the appropriate connections. Regulators on permanet field alternators simply shunt juice to the ground when a...