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Old 02-27-2017, 12:49 PM
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No crankcase vent system on OP's bike?
 
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Old 02-27-2017, 12:53 PM
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I would at least let the general manager know how inept his service people are, then let it roll down hill from there. No harm done until the rear wheel finds that oil.
 
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Originally Posted by martinj
Bent rods happen due to hydraulic lock inside the cylinders. Stretched rods happen due to hydraulic lock occurring below the pistons (in the crankcase).
You'll deform the crank pin end of the rod or yank a piston in half before you'll stretch a rod, get into that neighborhood there's some serious RPM going on without a rev limiter and that's usually nanoseconds before Mr. Rod decides it's leaving the crankcase through a new hole.
 

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Old 02-28-2017, 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by RK4ME
No crankcase vent system on OP's bike?
That is what I am thinking also.Incorrect breather bolts in the breather?
 
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Old 02-28-2017, 10:58 AM
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Old 02-28-2017, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by 'Ol dirty biker
If they did that intentionally, that's fraud
Happened to many friends of mine here in the St.Louis area. mark your filters before taking the bike in.

even happen to my younger brother twice , both times on the first service.
 
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Originally Posted by TwiZted Biker
You'll deform the crank pin end of the rod or yank a piston in half before you'll stretch a rod, get into that neighborhood there's some serious RPM going on without a rev limiter and that's usually nanoseconds before Mr. Rod decides it's leaving the crankcase through a new hole.
I get that, and I agree with you. I guess I should have qualified my statement as being theoretical and/or hypothetical. I was merely trying to illustrate the cause/effect relationship between potentially stretching a rod (or as you say, the bore for the wrist pin) and potentially bending a rod.
 
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Originally Posted by hardheaded
another good scam the dealers pull is not changing your oil filter and charging you for it.
I do my own services but my buddy actually scratches a small mark on his filter because he has been done wrong by this before.
 
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That's why I do my own service.
 
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Never let the dealer touch your bike unless it is absolutely necessary.
 


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