Crankshaft failure: Alert
Suzuki DR350 motorcycles, 1990 - 1999.
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Text and photos extracted from Jesse Keinz's old website: kientech.com. In Jesse's own words and photos:
Hole drilled just deep enough to capture and hold indexing pin that's pressed in to the drive gear. Photo courtesy of Jesse Keinz of Keintech Engineering.
Indexing hole in the crank drilled all the way through. Photo courtesy of Jesse Keinz of Keintech Engineering.
Counter Balancer drive gear that the pin became unpressed into the drilled through crank half. Photo courtesy of Jesse Keinz of Keintech Engineering.
Case damage where counter balancer was hit and knocked forward by the untimed crank shaft. Photo courtesy of Jesse Keinz of Keintech Engineering.
The force of hitting the counter balancer knocked the bottom end off of the rod. Photo courtesy of Jesse Keinz of Keintech Engineering.
Notice this serious smile in the counter balancer from the impact of the connecting rod. Photo courtesy of Jesse Keinz of Keintech Engineering.
The crank shaft without a rod. Photo courtesy of Jesse Keinz of Keintech Engineering.
