Quote from crazy cow on 02.02.12 at 21:00:02:


He Jungs ( Stefan, Dirk und Olaf)   .. keine Panik,sehe ich völlig locker   ..... und ja ich habe den Übersetzer benutzt  , weil ich an dem Abend zu faul und müde war, weil ich jeden Tag Fachenglisch, mir um die Ohren schlagen muß   , nur ist das "Aeroenglisch",  wieder ganz ein etwas anders Fachenglisch, als das normal englisch.
Und bei Joe seiner Frage hatte ich echte Problem das zu raffen, was für ein Geräusch er nun meint ... sicher spricht er ein US-englisch, mit Slang   ....

Mir kamen die gleichen ??? ins gesicht wie Olaf, was die verbrannte Kopfdichtung mit dem Metalabrieb zu tun haben soll, ausser jemand hat schon mal was am Kopf gemacht und geschlampt.

Vieleicht sollten wir mal auf weiter Informationen von dem Joe hoffen .... weil irgendwie war es auch wenig an Information.  
Und ferndiagnosen, wissen wir alle, sind immer so ne Angelegenheit.  

Gruß aus dem kalten "Alten Land" bei HH  

Sorry for this. It's not very polite to discuss things in german, while You are waiting for solid information.
The conversation was mostly about using this translator button. As the german word "Dichtung" means gasket as well as poetry or poem, the software decided for poetry. These translator devices always make a real mess.

There were also some ideas about rattling noise to be heard around the cylinder head:
The rear camshaft bearing (deep in the cylinder head) sometimes wears out. This makes the camshaft move abnormally up and down. This effect occurs after much more than 100.000 Kilometers. Sometimes it happens earlier, in cause of insufficient oil supply. The reason for this may be a worn out/ really dirty oil pump, some kind of dirt inside the engine (torn oil filter/pieces of paper ...) that blocks the oil supply, a very bad/dirty oil filter, an oil filter inserted upside down (!!!) and so on. This can also cause damage at the rockers, what may be another source of metallic rattling noise.
Some people prefer the 1100 Virago's oil pump. They say it works much better. One of us widens the diameter of this hollow screw in the oil pipe system. As a matter of fact, the oil supply in the original set up is not good. Camshafts, rockers and valves in Yamahas BT 1100 seem as good as new, when You look at them after more than 100.000 Km. The TR1's parts don't, unfortunately. You will at least find traces at the camshafts, what does not mean that the bike won't run for another 70.000 Km or so.
The camshaft moving up and down may cause clicking noise. But as I said earlier, You will hear evil sounds as soon as the gasket is gone. These are rattling and metallic too.
I don't know much about grinding the cylinder heads. But as nobody else makes a comment, I would say that there is nothing against it.
The original Yamaha gasket is recommended, not the poem. In certain momments, a poem may help You too, if You know a good one.

So hang on,

Stefan

Sorry Stefan , I misspelt your name in My previous message . Joe .

Crazy Cow . I have tried wiggling the rockers on their shafts And can feel no wear . I pulled them out to see if any wear was apparent , no . I pulled the valves out to see if I had a broken inner spring  , no . Thanks for your comments , they all help . Thanks to all who comment , keep them coming .   Thanks Joe . (Raining today , will have to play in the shed !! , what a blow  !!!!   ) .

Quote from joe on 07.02.12 at 23:23:30:

I think you should remount the heads with new gaskets and give it a try. If its not broken, dont fix it...

Bye,
Georg