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PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 3:21 pm 
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Man, that bearing is SHOT! :shock:

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 4:41 pm 

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looks like you have a bit of work to do :cry: , new crank bearing required :shh: , they are a nice engine to do anyway :clap: , good luck with it , urs Al in Aus


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 7:48 pm 

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Ja-Moo wrote:
Man, that bearing is SHOT! :shock:


Damn, it's that bad eh? :cry:

Looks like I'll have to get someone to rebuild this soon.
Does it seem likely that this is the cause of the leaking?
I have no problem with sending this out to get fixed, but that would suck to get a fancy new shiny crank back in only to find out its still smoking :shock:
Any plausible way to test that this is in fact causing the leak?


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 9:49 pm 

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Yes, that bearing is gone. And, so is at least one more main bearing on the crank.


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:02 am 

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Nice video, your probably done testing. Problem will be solved with the rebuild and new seals

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 12:45 pm 

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You are actually lucky to have found the bearing problem, before the ball guide broke, and made much more serious issues. I would think the inner seal race is also eaten away, it is the pressure side of the seal, but, it gone, clear path to oil from trans case with that bearing as bad as it is. Hope there is no piston/bore damage from the bearing and seal being toast.


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 2:03 pm 
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Just on this point of disintegrating bearings, years ago with high rev two strokes we found the bearing cages that lived the longest were the riveted type, spot welded or folded not so much. Even better were phenolic cages, but those were specialized types and not always available in many sizes. Had the best luck with real German FAG bearings, and seriously, never use unmarked Chinese bearings.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 2:13 pm 

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We found bearings that weren't the right ones that were built by FAG/Norma, that we pulled the ball guides out of for our Japanese bearings, used them over and over again, never had a problem. They were teflon, and snapped in place easily, lived way past 13K rpms in the TZ's. This is the main reason the original H1R cranks all had 6 roller main bearings on them.


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:18 pm 
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Yes, Parilla kart engines use that type cage and the 100cc will go to 18k and live easily. Have to always make sure they are C3 clearance, less and they don't survive.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 11:29 am 

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Thanks again guys for helping me find the source of this problem, especially before it got significantly worse :thumbup:
going to be pulling the engine asap and sending out the crank to be rebuilt. If I remember, I'll post a confirmation that this fixes the issue when the crank is back in.


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