Subject: RE: major engine malfunction
Author: H.Alex Balogi
Date: Feb 25, 2003, 4:11 PM
Post ID: 1712035189
Ugh! So sorry to hear that Greg! Please post the "solution" so we all
can learn...
I'm livin a frame up now-a-daze.
best of luck,
HDot
73 V7 Sport basket
74 LAPD
78 LeMans
Some kinda Peugeot Moped
Moped to R50 BMW swaperoo commin up...
Greg Hopkins wrote:
| 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 |