Subject: Bad cylinder chrome
Author: MGcoo-@aol.com
Date: Aug 7, 2003, 8:09 AM
Post ID: 1714073972
We pulled the heads off the race bike last night, in order to install the
freshly rebuilt Tonti heads. Despite my hopes of the cylinders being ok for
another year, looks like today I will be looking for cylinder kits. At the
beginning of the 2002 season the chrome had a lip at the top, but looked good along
the stroke of the piston. Now the chrome at the top has worn down into the
stroke pretty badly on both sides & on one cylinder there is a bubble that looks
like it was not far from a big piece flaking off. Ring gaps are way over spec
as well. Even with the problems, the bike was running quite well & not smoking
at all.
I need to replace the parts as cost effectively as posable, the pistons look
ok but I have not measured them accurately yet. I might can get away with
having the cylinders plated but I think that once I do that & buy rings, then I'm
close to the cost of the complete kit. With the recent post of unobtainable
piston cylinder kits, wish me luck in finding something on short notice.
Ken
Asheville, NC