Well I haven't had a whole lot of time today, but I wanted to state that IT'S ALIVE! I put everything back on this morning and did some test runs with great success. Balancer is back on and it felt REALLY good torquing down. Took 135lb-ft without so much as a hiccup, new spark plugs are in, much was cleaned up at least some while I was under there, and I discovered a couple other things that could have really annoyed me if left unchecked. Tomorrow I have a couple minor things; I need to adjust the idle and/or throttle cable a bit (discovered one of the adjustment bolts was cracked and allowing a little slippage), need to do a little more cleaning up, and finally the Seafoam I intended to do. I should have time tomorrow though to work on putting together my writeup. I took photos along the way, though my apologies as the further along I got, the less I remembered to pick up the camera. If anyone has a stripped crank right now and needs information (or the kit) immediately, please feel free to pm me or call me at (623) 565-8432.

Thank you all again for the support, ideas, or just letting me rant. Hopefully now I can get on to the better business of meeting some of you on the trail and start some (hopefully) interesting work on a few ideas I have kicking around inside my head. Oh, and ordering tires ASAP... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />