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The piston pin would not go through the bushing. It went in and stopped at the point in the bushing that is displayed in the picture. The pin went through the other rods bushing with no difficulty. Hence the bushing that was resistant to the pin needed to be replaced. Look at the picture. If you replace one, you replace the other.
Placing the wrist pins in the freezer contracts the metal and they slide in like butter. Been doing that for decades on the shovel and the evos.
New bushings(19.44 mm interior) installed. Need to ream them .67mm to fit the new wrist pins(20.11mm diameter). Thank you Griz for the tip on freezing them.
I used the first new bushing to push out the old one. Then cut a slice of the old one 7.65 mm and then sliced it (2.5mm approximately) to allow for contraction inside the rod. Used that to push the second bushing out.
I've watched a bunch of Youtube videos where dudes go out and find bikes dismantled into dozens of pieces. Usually theyre sitting in barns or someones garage, and I always wonder how a bike gets to a point where someone goes that deep into it and just abandons it and lets it sit for 25 years.
I got a feeling the scenario in this post is how that kind of thing happens.
I always wonder how a bike gets to a point where someone goes that deep into it and just abandons it and lets it sit for 25 years..
You knock up the split tail that was on the P-pad and you put it aside as you can't afford it and kids or you get the responsibility guilt trip of having the family?
I went from a working model to a sport model in my early twenties, so no chance of knocking up the passengers along the way.
Griz
EV27 installed
Cylinders/pistons installed.
Cylinder heads Not looking to port them, just cleaning them up.
A new set of valves/springs is 200.
I am inclined to purchase the new set.
Advice on how to proceed. Rear intake valves. The exhaust valves were clean. Front
Pretty sure you're going to need to send those heads out and have them professionally done looks like you're going to need guides as well as a valve job...
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