Side cover power valve bearings?

[Terrence R]

Is there a way of checking to see if these ball bearings are still in place without removing the side cover? Doing a top end fresh up and wasn't planning on opening the bottom end at all. Bike seemed to work decent. Signed off a bit early on top, but I think that was do to the thinner base gasket I had in it. But, I never drove it before the thinner base gasket was installed, so I don't really know what to expect from the bike. I just wanna make sure those balls are in place. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanx.

[Zman]

Pull the right hand cylinder pv cover and see that it is moving and staying open. Losing a ball would delay the opening and would probably also be painful.

[Terrence R]

The top end is currently off the bike. I was wondering if there's a way to check with the top end off, and without having to remove the bottom end side cover.

[gasgasman]

You should be able to pull up on the actuator rod -3/8" max- it should return smoothly.

[Terrence R]

Originally Posted by gasgasman

You should be able to pull up on the actuator rod -3/8" max- it should return smoothly.

Ok. I did play with that rod a bit. It seems to return good. I don't want to keep messing with it though cause I hear that by doing that, the balls can drop out in the side case. I noticed when I did do it, that there was a bit of sloppy play before I would feel some tension on it. I'm not sure what the norm is though.

[gasgasman]

The preload needs to be adjusted.

Now would be a good time to do it.
If, you have a new clutch cover gasket.

[Terrence R]

Originally Posted by gasgasman

The preload needs to be adjusted.

Now would be a good time to do it.
If, you have a new clutch cover gasket.

The clutch cover gasket? Or right side case gasket? Plus, water pump cover gasket?

[Terrence R]

Originally Posted by gasgasman

The preload needs to be adjusted.

Now would be a good time to do it.
If, you have a new clutch cover gasket.

And how do I adjust the preload? I've been doing a bit of reading here and can only find posts that say that it needs to be done and similar stuff like that, but no real explanation on how to do it.

[Terrence R]

I'm just ganna bite the bullet and order gaskets. It's ganna cost me a bunch of money though cause I don't have a dealer no where's near my area. That's the only reason why I didn't want to open up the bottom end. Getting parts is nightmare here financially. I'm getting sick of sourcing parts for this thing. Shipping costs are killing me. I'm strongly considering switching to a brand of bike that I can easily get parts for and not have to worry about ridiculous wait times for actually receiving the parts, that's if they actually show up. Sorry about the rant.

[cbutler]

Originally Posted by Terrence R

And how do I adjust the preload? I've been doing a bit of reading here and can only find posts that say that it needs to be done and similar stuff like that, but no real explanation on how to do it.

Here is a LONG post about adj the power valve http://www.gasgasrider.org/forum/sho...lve+adjustment

Highlights are...
page 1 post # 6 how to do it

Page 4 post #39 Pics of parts

Page 6 post # 60 pic of how to "preload the power valve" use two one on either side

thats just the highlights I would scan through it.