Dunn-y
23-11-11, 09:54 PM
My paranoia around the noises my CCT were making has been justified and to be honest I am extremely lucky that my engine hasn't chewed itself apart.
My bike had it's full service today, cost was estimated at £270 - £280. I am now looking at maybe £500. Why? Well, the mechanic went to pull out the front CCT only to find that some complete numpty, not me, had put the CCT in at an angle and cross threaded the engine case. That's not just it, not only was the CCT not in straight but it was also stuck at a certain length. And that's not even all of it, after removing the rear CCT the mechanic noticed that someone had heli-coiled inside the top of the CCT which hadn't been done properly and was stopping the CCT from doing it's job properly. The front CCT was unstuck and the case heli-coiled with the rear having a temporary fix until I can replace it.
How my bike managed to stay in one piece for over a year and 7k miles I don't know.
Anyway, the rear CCT needs replacing ASAP and after getting back home I noticed the front it making the tell tale tapping/clicking noise that CCT make when they aren't working properly so I need to replace that as well.
I must be the luckiest, unlucky person on the planet. I can't believe how one of the previous owners screwed up so badly.
So basically I need to replace both CCTs. I take it the 2003 model CCT are a straight fit into a Curvy? If so anyone on here with some spare going for cheap. I'm having to borrow some money because this turned out a lot more expensive that I had ever planned. I will be getting the garage to fit the replacement CCTs as I'm not confident enough to do them myself and I just want it doing properly.
My bike had it's full service today, cost was estimated at £270 - £280. I am now looking at maybe £500. Why? Well, the mechanic went to pull out the front CCT only to find that some complete numpty, not me, had put the CCT in at an angle and cross threaded the engine case. That's not just it, not only was the CCT not in straight but it was also stuck at a certain length. And that's not even all of it, after removing the rear CCT the mechanic noticed that someone had heli-coiled inside the top of the CCT which hadn't been done properly and was stopping the CCT from doing it's job properly. The front CCT was unstuck and the case heli-coiled with the rear having a temporary fix until I can replace it.
How my bike managed to stay in one piece for over a year and 7k miles I don't know.
Anyway, the rear CCT needs replacing ASAP and after getting back home I noticed the front it making the tell tale tapping/clicking noise that CCT make when they aren't working properly so I need to replace that as well.
I must be the luckiest, unlucky person on the planet. I can't believe how one of the previous owners screwed up so badly.
So basically I need to replace both CCTs. I take it the 2003 model CCT are a straight fit into a Curvy? If so anyone on here with some spare going for cheap. I'm having to borrow some money because this turned out a lot more expensive that I had ever planned. I will be getting the garage to fit the replacement CCTs as I'm not confident enough to do them myself and I just want it doing properly.