Wanted XJ550 Inner Cam bearing caps.

Bingo @Franz
Or if intake and exhaust is off stick the vacuum right on the motor.

 

I lost one of the caps that straddle the cams just to the right of the sprockets on my YICS xj650 maxim they are not
bearing caps but only holdowns for the YICS valve cover. If you have one to spare I would buy it.

 

We do have these non-bearing caps as reproduction items:

HCP22924 Aftermarket camshaft journal NON-BEARING CAM CAP. On many engines, on the right side of the cam tunnel opening there is a non-bearing camshaft cap. Unlike all of the other cam caps, which actually hold the camshaft down to the head and actually have smooth bearing surfaces…… the only purpose for this cap is to supply a threaded hole to accept the valvecover hold-down bolt. This same cap is used on both the intake and exhaust cams, and is on the right side of the cam tunnel opening. NOTE: on the left side of the cam tunnel opening, there is a very similar-looking cap (also with a valvecover bolt acceptance hole), but that cap is an actual bearing cap. This replacement non-bearing cap, although similar, cannot be used in place of that actual bearing cap. This non-bearing cap is easily cracked and broken if its valvecover bolt is over-tightened. And unlike the original cast aluminum cap, this cap is machined from a billet of high-strength T6061 aluminum and features a much stronger profile than the original cap. Fits all of the following engines on both the intake and exhaust camshafts: XJ550, 1984-85 FJ600, 1986-88 FZ600, 1986-90 YX600 Radian, 1984-91 XJ600 Euro, all 1982-83 XJ650 Maxim (YICS) engines, all XJ700 air-cooled, all XJ750 air-cooled, and all XJ900RK, RL, N/FN, and F engines. NOTE: XJ900 engines actually use 4 of these non-bearing caps, located on both sides of the cam chain tunnel. Each:

 

Hi Joe
Going to have a look this morning and let you know. Intake or exhaust or does it matter?

 

On the non-bearing caps, it does not matter, they are both the same.

 

Found one. $30 including shipping and handling
Need address and PayPal email

 

I swapped an xj750 seca master cylinder with Hogfiddles for a pair of those

 

I have 550 head spare parts.