So I posted a while back about rocker assembly issues and whether or not they were getting oil. Got the new assemblies and installed. No oil being pumped, so opened up the timing case and found problem; worm nut totally shot and splines in pump shaft also bad. So I order parts from certain dealer and told everything in stock. Got parts and no worm nut; on back order. I put the pump parts together anyway and decide to order worm nut from Indian supplier and see who got it to me first. Indian part arrived today and I installed worm nut, carefully put timing case back on, put exhaust pipe back on, changed oil and filter and started er up. Sounded good so I carefully backed off the banjo bolts and lo and behold oil starts squirting out! Yeah! Well, not so fast. I turned the banjo bolts back down but oil still squirting out of the pipe feeding exhaust valve. Turns out oil pipe is almost broken off at junction. So I take the piping off, drill out the hole, clean everything up and re-solder the pipe. It all goes back on okay and I go to start it up again, push down on the choke lever and the whole damn thing comes right out of the carb body! Cool! Now what! I managed to get it put back in, but I know the threads are bad and it is going to sh--- the bed again soon. Got and idea about how to fix that (but certainly open to ideas if anyone has any....). Well I gave it a little choke and she started on first kick (it's 35 degrees out by the way) . Warmed it up, oil is still flowing to head, so I adjusted the carb to get a good idle and she is running like a champ. In fact it has never run so good since I have had the bike. Very cool. Supposed to get into the high 40's tomorrow, so I may take her for a little spin and see what else I can break!
Thanks for the advice and help
Duncan