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Title: Doggish Sidekick revisited
Post by: 98redkick on July 28, 2011, 03:21:23 PM

Sidekick has been doggish for a year or so, intermittently. Sometimes it will run like a raped ape, others it is very slow on accelerating. This was the case with the stock tires as well as the 235/75 r 15s.

So I finally got around to checking the crankshaft keyway and it is beautiful. Good news and bad. I don't have to futz around with KB weld. Bad--well, I haven't found my problem!  It hadn't skipped a tooth either (it would have been consistently doggish if it did).

Suggestions?

Title: Re: Doggish Sidekick revisited
Post by: DonD on July 28, 2011, 04:10:58 PM

YES, make sure to torque that bolt to 94ftlb!!

Title: Re: Doggish Sidekick revisited
Post by: wildgoody on July 28, 2011, 08:18:36 PM

Did you check the cam timing before you puller it apart?
could it be the cam is out of time a tooth or 2 causing the
sluggishness?

Title: Re: Doggish Sidekick revisited
Post by: 98redkick on July 29, 2011, 12:26:09 PM

Wild,

It was spot on. I did advance the timing to 8 degrees btdc.  We will see how that works...

Dan

Title: Re: Doggish Sidekick revisited
Post by: ranger88den on July 29, 2011, 12:40:36 PM

Did you freeze the igniton timing prior to strobe?
http://www.kick-fix.com/IGN_timing/IGN-FREEZE.HTML (http://www.kick-fix.com/IGN_timing/IGN-FREEZE.HTML)

Title: Re: Doggish Sidekick revisited
Post by: 98redkick on July 29, 2011, 06:43:42 PM

Ranger,

Excellent link!  I will go ahead and adjust according to that page....

Dan

Title: Re: Doggish Sidekick revisited
Post by: 98redkick on July 31, 2011, 11:10:55 PM

Ranger,

Adjusted the timing per the page you sent at 8* BTDC. It does run a little better.