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Canadian Daves JustKDX
question about cylinder head studs
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[QUOTE="blackduc98, post: 1033676, member: 65764"] [b]received my replated cylinder from USChrome[/b] I received my cylinder from USC today. They did not include the piece of paper that you're talking about. I can see just a few pits but not with a naked eye - I have to use a magnifying glass and put my nose right inside the cylinder bore to see them. They look insignificant in size, and few and far between, but I really have no standard to compare to. What does upset me is that there are a couple of small gouges near the top of the bore. [URL=http://users.rcn.com/vmoathome/kdx200/cyl-bore-gouged-small.jpg]click [B]HERE[/B] for pic.[/URL] The bottom gouge seems to be at the same "altitude" as the top piston ring, though I won't know for sure until I install everything sans the cyl head and measure it. I really don't want to send it back for repair :( so I hope it is above the top ring. Gasket matching surfaces ([URL=http://users.rcn.com/vmoathome/kdx200/cyl-transfer-ports-2.jpg]click [B]HERE[/B] for pic.[/URL]) are very rough (probably from the chemical strip bath) so I'm planning to polish it with 600-grit sandpaper on a glass plate, which should be easy enough for the head gasket flange, but the base gasket will not be so easy since the cylinder skirt sticks out beyond the base gasket surface. Do you think I can cheat and just use gasket sealer on the base gasket instead of trying to polish it? BTW, there was a $14 energy surcharge which came as a surprise, but it was my own fault for not paying attention to the small print on USC's pricing web page (it says at the bottom that a 5% energy surcharge will be applied). I'm not complaining about this - I'm just pointing this out so other folks don't get surprised. However, the way $14 was calculated irks me a bit: my bill breaks down like this: $165 for strip, replate, and hone $121 for wiseco piston ------- $ 286 total $14 is equal to 5% of $286. Seems to me that 5% should only be applied to $165, i.e. why should I pay an energy surcharge on the piston? I'm not going to worry about this unless I have to call USC regarding the gouged bore, in which case I'll ask them about their surcharge logic too. [/QUOTE]
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