Just a thought, once you have the hub off cant you grease the spindle bearings from the back side. Or is it better to push the grease through the front?
Boy how Chris has changed. He now wants to be in the front when driving his 40 to keep the dust down.
Back in the day it looks like his topless, windshield down & driving through a dust storm.
See if the lower raditor hose is on correctly. It's "S" but one side in bigger than the other. If it's installed reverse , it will hold for awhile but then lossen up. And spill out.
Don't ask me how I know.
I would reallign the belt (are the witness marks still visable) to the proper marks. As you know Crank >0, cams > hash marks. Try to get the belt witness marks lined up to double verify everything is lined up. Spin crank 2 revolutions to verify the crank & cam line up. Note (The belt will...
Just arrived from ebay OEM new '03 canister, will report back after install.
Will weigh both.
On my bathroom scale they were about 1lb difference.
$333 from Ebay