Well, I was riding in Croom, and on the second day, this happens out of nowhere it seems. I had just put in a new topend, had about 10 hours tops on it by this time, had just put in a new right hand crank seal, and was trying to get the the jetting sorted out. Basically it was just kinda loading up here and there, but by the time this happened, the bike was running great, though the plug was black.
Well, I'm riding, and I feel what seems to be the plug starting to foul up on me, so I gun it to see if I can clean it out a little. Well, as soon as I slow down, the bike shuts off, I'm thinking just pop in a new plug and I'm good. Well, I go to kick it, looking for TDC, and the kicker is just flopping around. :bang:
I pop the head off when I get back to camp, and this is what I find. There's some coolant it seems on the head, and past the o-rings on the cylinder. And a deep gash on the cylinder.
That plug by the way is a new one, not a cooked one. The plug was black when this happened, so it was still running a little rich, which I would say it was. Jetting was 160, 1st clip, 50, and one turn out.
So mainly, I'm wondering how the heck this happened, and if the cylinder can be saved, or should I just look around for a used one to have replated and all?
I'm thinking that the head got a little loose and some cooland leaked in. I had torqued it to specs when I put the piston in, be hadn't rechecked it afterwards. :coocoo:
Well, I'm riding, and I feel what seems to be the plug starting to foul up on me, so I gun it to see if I can clean it out a little. Well, as soon as I slow down, the bike shuts off, I'm thinking just pop in a new plug and I'm good. Well, I go to kick it, looking for TDC, and the kicker is just flopping around. :bang:
I pop the head off when I get back to camp, and this is what I find. There's some coolant it seems on the head, and past the o-rings on the cylinder. And a deep gash on the cylinder.
That plug by the way is a new one, not a cooked one. The plug was black when this happened, so it was still running a little rich, which I would say it was. Jetting was 160, 1st clip, 50, and one turn out.
So mainly, I'm wondering how the heck this happened, and if the cylinder can be saved, or should I just look around for a used one to have replated and all?
I'm thinking that the head got a little loose and some cooland leaked in. I had torqued it to specs when I put the piston in, be hadn't rechecked it afterwards. :coocoo: