Subject: RE: major engine malfunction
Author: Ed Flanagan
Date: Feb 25, 2003, 4:19 AM
Post ID: 1712027184
If I remember right, one jug has a notch cut out to allow the con rod ends
to have clearance to complete its cycle. The other does not. You may have
switched them by accident and blew out the other jug.
Ed
| -----Original Message----- From: Greg Hopkins [SMTP:grvd-@aol.com] Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:55 PM To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: major engine malfunction Upon replacing the rod bearings on the right side cylinder on my 850 LAPD I cranked the bike and it ran well. But as it got warm, it started to knock. I managed to get it cut off on about the fourth strong knock. After that the engine wouldn't make a complete revolution without locking. Disassembly showed that the top(s) of the bolts of the piston that had the new rod bearings installed had hit the bottom of the barrel of the jug. The stroke broke a small chunk of aluminium out of the bottom of the jug that is stuck down in the block. I can't figure out what I did wrong. I have done the same procedure in the past with no problem, so I was just looking for ideas...Thanks in advance..Greg, '74 LAPD |