Thanks again guys,
I have not seen the "extra" bolt at the lower rear (I haven't needed to look underneath and that far back up to now!!) - I thought the engine is on the same bolt as the swinging arm and I did not want to work on that so that the engine stays in place basically i.e. does not come out completely.

Anyway, I will take another look at this advice, but I am not sure how the engine can come back into line (for Auke) without some form of lifting/propping up, now that it is a bit lower - can't see from your description how that will happen, Auke, because the frame upper member looks as if it is very rigid, in itself that is. There are 4 bolts at the front, 2 holding the engine to the "stay at the front lower" (the ones that I have already slackened off) and two more holding this stay to the spine frame - I take it that these latter two should be slackened as well to give more play overall?

I have taken a look at the bit of the manual that deals with the chassis and I see that it refers to "place a suitable support under the engine" in order to work on the swinging arm, so it looks like a car type of jack or the motocross stand is pretty essential for potential future work - haven't got yet however.

Leigh,
That must have been a pain, literally and figuratively!!


Cheers,

Dave

ps Still not convinced that the bike is kicking over as "freely" as it used to before I started on this work; I don't think the travel on the kickstart is as great a range as previously - any suggestions on this? I am thinking of taking the rocker cover off again and checking the timing. Do the valves need to be adjusted after the type of work I have done? - not done up to now or checked (as I don't have the Yam special tool for the tiny adjuster at the top of the valves!!!)

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Dave