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Thing died on the motorway whilst doing..... 70mph. Had just filled the tank up to the brim and suddenly had exactly the same symptoms as the...
Judging by the depth of the hex key hole and the fact that its done up really tight I dont think it was working itself loose. I think that when...
Think it might have been a bit of big end bearing. Was the right colour.
Plug is the crank shaft oil galley plug. It has a habit of working its way out, the oil feed to the crank then dries up and nasty things happen....
So many things wrong with this picture... [IMG] [IMG] Oh and random bits my engine obviously didn't need... [IMG]
There will be hat eating aplenty!!! [IMG]
It will be sorted. Keep reminding myself to keep taking pictures as they might just help someone else some day.
I can only assume that the key in the timing gear has to line up with something on the shaft in order to be slid off as its really really tight...
Outstanding!
Bottom? Sorry Speno I don't swing that way! ha! Nah I seen all the goodies you have, just going to properly asses what I need before I put a...
Yea I just want it open to get to the root of how it died now. Dont think the gearbox gubbins will have been harmed, its a start. If the damage...
Going to try and cut here, should allow both ends of the shaft to just slide out of their respective sides. [IMG] Im guessing its going to be...
This shaft has been bent by the force of the conrod slamming into it. [IMG] Means I cant turn this in order to line up the hole in the gear with...
Cheers steve, good info to know. I do like the revvy nature of the 748 and assume I'd have to keep a 748 crank and heads to retain the high rev...
Cant afford £1000 at the moment, am spending all my pennies on the whole of a mortgage I never planned on paying by myself! Ha! life huh! what a...
I would but I don't think there are any cylinders to match, I'd have to get a set of 748 cylinders bored out so that everything would line up!
Cheers iang27 I think I stumbled across that on a site whilst looking for exactly what would fit in the 748 frame. Am going to get the motor...
Turns out I also have a front fork oil leak so the front end will be stripped off the bike so might as well do a bit of an overhaul. Just depends...
At £70 it would have been ideal to strip down and rebuild so long as everything was there and nothing was locked up/eaten like mine. Ah well. I...
Ha! I believe so! From its symptoms, and what I can see. One of the bolts holding the big end together worked its way loose, and then came out...
