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Pistol Pete · 09-22-2011, 06:37 PM

I am doing a top end rebuild on a 1980 yamaha xs1100 special and I cant seem to get the cams to stay lined up properly. I am doing what the clymer manual says. Are there any tricks to doing this I have done it 7 times and it always ends up being off 1 or 2 teeth. This is very frustrating any advice is welcomed.

The Spaceman · 09-23-2011, 05:09 AM

I remember that bike. Early Nipponese Chopper...a few of them were decent looking.

My advice to you, sir, is to start drinking heavily.

V2Rider · 09-23-2011, 08:35 AM

The 1980 XS1100 Special was my second road bike. Had a blast on that thing and took my first multi thousand mile road trip on it. Was a good looking bike.

seruzawa · 09-23-2011, 06:14 PM

Is the chain worn out? Cam chain tensioner? What all did you replace?

Pistol Pete · 09-23-2011, 07:01 PM

I took Spaceman's advise and took Jack with me to try again and I found that I had to set the flywheel a little before TDC and the cams right on and all is well in the end. Amazing what Jack can help figure out. Done for tonight tomorrow is the Youth deer hunt and I hope my son shoots the 11 pt weve been seeing . Sunday I finish the bike. This is my buddys bike mine is my 1983 Honda Magna VF750c

09-22-2011, 06:37 PM	#1
Pistol Pete Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Port Huron Michigan Posts: 6	need help 1980 Yamaha xs1100 special cam timing I am doing a top end rebuild on a 1980 yamaha xs1100 special and I cant seem to get the cams to stay lined up properly. I am doing what the clymer manual says. Are there any tricks to doing this I have done it 7 times and it always ends up being off 1 or 2 teeth. This is very frustrating any advice is welcomed.

09-23-2011, 05:09 AM	#2
The Spaceman Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,352	I remember that bike. Early Nipponese Chopper...a few of them were decent looking. My advice to you, sir, is to start drinking heavily. __________________ The Texas DOT has announced that: "Traffic accidents are caused by skid marks." The state DOT researchers found and documented a near-100% correlation between traffic accidents and skid marks. "Wherever we find these cars colliding," he explained, "we also find these skid marks."

09-23-2011, 08:35 AM	#3
V2Rider Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: LA - Lower Alabama Posts: 497	The 1980 XS1100 Special was my second road bike. Had a blast on that thing and took my first multi thousand mile road trip on it. Was a good looking bike. __________________ 'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.' - Ronald Reagan

09-23-2011, 06:14 PM	#4
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	Is the chain worn out? Cam chain tensioner? What all did you replace? __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

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09-23-2011, 07:01 PM	#5
Pistol Pete Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Port Huron Michigan Posts: 6	I took Spaceman's advise and took Jack with me to try again and I found that I had to set the flywheel a little before TDC and the cams right on and all is well in the end. Amazing what Jack can help figure out. Done for tonight tomorrow is the Youth deer hunt and I hope my son shoots the 11 pt weve been seeing . Sunday I finish the bike. This is my buddys bike mine is my 1983 Honda Magna VF750c