ok i tried to find the plug but if its the one i thinking of you cant see anything thru the hole lol



i found some metal chunks that made it to the bottom so i decided to take the side cover of to check it some more none of the gears on this side have any arrows can you help me?




i will do a comression test later this week

 

230's dont have the plugs in the sidecover. and sandpaper? not a chance...

 

in all honesty, i'd be safe and order new rings. and definatley have it HONED.

however, are you still at the standard bore? if so, it really wouldnt hurt to go .5mm (0.020") over since 230 cylinders tend to like to get egg-shaped due to the not so favorable rod ratio.

theres a guy on ebay who does good work for $40 plus shipping...

 

i dont have a lt230s its a 89 lt250s thought that was the plug but there is nothing you can see down it how do i set the timing maybe im doing it wrong ad the valves are opening at the wrong time which could cause it to smoke right?

 

oh my bad, i meant 250. but theyre absoloutley identical motors anyways except for a bigger bore, 1mm bigger wrist pin, different carb and jetting, and different cam profiles on the 250.

anyways the plug that you found is for servicing the oil pump. the guy who told you to look on the sidecover for plugs is thinking of newer bikes that are set up like this:



and for the timing, theres a score mark in the flywheel (you need to take the stator side cover off to do this) that you line up with a little pointer in the case. at that point the cam needs to have both hash marks level with the head, and the indexing pin that positions the sprocket on the cam needs to be around 11 o clock.

like so:

 

meaning the lobes are gonna face down or up?could throw it out 180 degrees probaly wont start but might as well ask just incase im wrong

 

nevermind i got it now lol