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Well......it was all going smoothly. Link provided by Cybercarl made it all fairly straight forward and stripped everything down with no problems. However, when turning the crankshaft end bolt ahead of removing the ccts it feels like it's locked out. the first few turns were accompanied by a regular...

Thanks all, really helpful and reassuring, appreciate the topic-link and the Haynes manual warning! Will take the plunge this weekend and start stripping her down, will let you know how I get on. Still planning to enjoy a few more miles this year before the snow falls.

Cheers mate, I've had too much fun already to give her up as "uneconomical". Happy to take my time and get her back on the road, with a pair of new ccts's.

Hi all, first post from a Refugee in Lancashire. New to Firestorms and the Forum. Mine ( a 1997, 24k miler) suddenly sounded like a bag of marbles had been dropped in her, was cruising gently at 3000revs at the time. From what I gather, chances are that the cct's have gone and I've probably bent som...