Does the cam have to come out to change those round seals?

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Hey David. Did it work????? I've got a 97 1500 that I'm struggling with...

What exactly was the parts for the 2005 did you purchase

Do you or have you used a kuryakyn wild things fuel injection controller? If you do I'm curious on your settings. I just got a 02 nomad 1500.

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Where does the brown wire on right front of motor go to single wire with a clip

R u still around?

How goes it,,My name is Sam, Bought me basket case 01 Vulcan 1500 Classic,,,,Starts and runs,,,put it in 1st and no go,,,Bled clutch good clean,,neutral switch good,,,any idea what should do next,,,Bike was sitting long time,,so I'm going to remove engine, so can clean and repaint,,but would like to fix this problem b4 I get to invested in cleaning and repainting a broken bike,,Thank u very much...

When you get a chance can you be a little more specific about getting rid of the emissions thing. While I have my motor out I will get rid of mine to. It’s a 1999 classic have an oil leak in the top backside running on top the pipes.figured it’s the rocker box

What is the torque on it?

Hello can the gasket be changed while engine is still in the bike

Do you have a follow up video? I’ve got a 95 that needs new head lamps and they’re impossible to find So I wanting to learn more about how the mods turned out and the pros & cons :)

Rides a 2001 vn1500. the current noise is very disturbing. the engine does not make a sound when it is turned on, it makes a very loud noise when it warms up

Does anyone know if turning the clutch basket clockwise a little bit will cause issues? It turned the other gears a little bit. I'm not sure if I messed up timing or anything like that

Great Video David. I loaned my son my bike (01 drifter vn1500fi) and he changed the oil as a favor too me but he overfilled it and I drove it not knowing. Now it stalls and I've drained and can't get it to stop stalling out and fouling. Any thoughts? Would it be the crankcase breather? How would I get to it to fix it? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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@ 13:00. Thank you for explaining the whole airhose thing. Now I'm wondering on the charcoal box thing

I hope this comment finds you Dave. You video certainly took me down some other avenues on the Kawasaki motor. I was certain the HLA's were the noise problem but I'll also look at the other things you mentioned . Any links for timing chain adjustment extenders??? Thanks, Big Bill

back in the 60s when I was in high school, working summers evenings and weekends at the local service station/gas station. There were products in pretty much all the parts stores and some gas stations that you could add to your oil, those products claimed to reduce lifter noises in your engine whynns friction proofing, Bardol , and others made these claims One of my friends that went on to Marietta petroleum Institute after high school. When he came home for summer vacation after the first year. He told me about some of these additives. He said they are generally 90% kerosene. He also told me that STP is just raw petroleum. after it is taken out of the ground and refined. Before they put the additives packages in and polymers, and anti-foaming agents and zinc, phosphorus, for anti-shearing improvement to give it a better film strength. STP is just like buying Flower before you start making cakes and bread. Has nothing in it but flour... I also went to school with a classmate that went on to be a Volkswagen dealership mechanic for decades. Those old VW air, cooled boxer engines. that did not have Oil filters. And to top that off, that was before the wide usage of oil with detergent in it. So engines always got filled with sludge. I once saw a Chevy 327 Corvette engine with the valve covers off. They were off because the valve cover gaskets were leaking… when the mechanic pulled those valve covers, the sludge under those valve covers, looked like a block of Jell-O. It maintained its shape under that entire cover. Like somebody poured yellow into a mold, and just removed the Jell-O, by turning it upside down and allowing the Jell-O to stay on the plate. It was amazing. It was an almost perfect block of black sludge.. that was in the days before detergent. Oils were widely used as they are today… OK, so the trick back then to remove sludge buildup, was to pour a cup, or a quart of pure kerosene into your warm engine just before and oil change. And drive around for about five or 10 minutes easy. The kerosene acted like detergent. What do detergents do. They mix with dirt and water, and they keep the dirt suspended in the water when you wash clothes, so that the water can hold onto the dirt so it will go down the drain during the rinse cycle. well, that kerosene acted like detergent. It mixed with the sludge and the oil, and it kept the sludge suspended in the oil, so it would drain out with an oil change… I think I would attempt to put in a cup of kerosene into an already warm engine, and let that engine run for a while with no load, or just run it around for maybe five minutes around the block, and drain that oil out, and maybe even repeat that adding a cup of kerosene, to a fresh batch of inexpensive Motor oil maybe even car oil because you’re not gonna run it, you’re just using it to flush and clean the engine, mixed with kerosene.. then, drain that out, and let it drain overnight. Then put in fresh oil only, run it for a day or two, maybe 50 miles, and drain that to flush out whatever remaining kerosene may be in there. The key is to get it hot so that it will get the sludge, the gum, the varnish suspended in the oil. so it will drain out when you pull the plug. I believe I would try that before pulling the engine, if as they say in some of the videos here on KZbin, that you can service a collapsed hydraulic lifter that is plugged up with gum/varnish/ Sludge

Iknow this is an old vid, but if your looking at it for advice, one thing I think he missed was staggering that last clutch plate, when he took it off that last plate was staggered from the other plates, still a good vid.

Great video and good tunes!

Can you show us where the jacking points are please

David, have you got a website? Want one? I feel like I owe you something (like building a website) for watching all your videos. I've got a '97 1500 Classic, and getting ready to pull the motor to fix a leak, which I'm pretty sure is the cam plug seal. Anything else I ought to do while I've got it apart?

Hello i hope you are well. I need help there is a hole for hoses above the starer. could you tell me where it is connected. Thank you advance

So if I have a valve tick noise on a cold start is it the decompressor?

Had some concerns about my emissions smog pump bull crap and your the only person with the 1500vn that talks about it, the carburetor vacuum line was my worry but good deal thanks

How much would a job like this cost to repair?

Why would condensation be blowing into my air intake/filter from the EGR hose things? I have the tick....and tracking things down, found my air box full of moisture after a ride.

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Thank you, David. Vary helpful information.👌 My oil leak is coming out from underneath the Chrome rocker cover. The only difference is that my cycle is 1999 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500a.

Hey David, I don't know if you're still responding to this video but I was wondering...when you remove those exhaust recirculation parts and put those block-off plates on, is there any difference whatsoever in how the bike will run, better or no difference?? Thanks!! Don

How did you get stator cover on with engine in..

Hey David! this is Mark great video! I have a 2002 kawasaki Vulcan classic 1500 and I was wondering if it's normal for the bike to clunk during shifting up or down I just got it a week ago and this is my first experience with something like that occurring, it's got under 24k on the clock. my previous bike was an old kawasaki kz400 from the late 70' and shifting gears was quiet and smooth. Please let me know what you think. Thank you.

Hi how can I get one of those cover you have? I love your videos

Hey where do you live. You think you would work on my bike

i dave good video my 1600 kawasaki vulcan classic make noisee on 4 and 5

hello david, thank you for making this videos, can you tell me where I can find this parts for the vulcan, I am in venezuela and I can´t find them here

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Hi do you know anything about 2003 Kawasaki Vulcan 750 having few issues I connected cooling fan wire's to battery fan came on. wanting to put toggle switch to make fan come on manually.. Plus have issues with right handlebar switches not starting motor

Great video and info. Keep it coming and thank you.

Hello David, I replace the oil gear pump on my 99 nomad 1500 single carb, I have a lot misfiring and backfire coming from the bike, could you help?

LoL..you need a camera tripod

Понимаю что поздно, но почитал и понял, никого не смутило что диски набраны не правильно. Последний диск должен стоять не так, там для него другие зубцы есть

Hey man I'm putting a Vulcan 1500 back together and I have a plug on the throttle body that came undone I'm not sure how the pins went.

thanks your video helped...I have a 2003 Vulcan classic...I changed the right tensioner fine but the left has the air flow crossover preventing access to right tensioner ...I cannot figure out how to remove the air cross flow ...any ideas ?

How does the engine breath when the reed valve is blocked off with them plates?

I just replaced plates and went with the Barrett spring as well as the updated spring holder. However, now I cannot depress the clutch lever. Is this a related or separate issue? Thanks in advance.

If my chain has been slapping the tube and worn a hole through the tube, will that cause a Misfire like running symptom? all spark plugs are firing but it sounds like its misfiring.