to bottom end or not to bottom end?

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ojasia

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I have top end off, fly wheel cover off and clutch cover off. What all can I do to inspect the lower end. Just recently bought a 2000 CR 125 and blew the top end, being frustrated I just wanted to start fresh to know what i got. I bought Bottom end rebuild kit, full engine gasket kit, OEM crank bearings and seals, OEM jug, OEM head, Stock top end rebuild kit. PV seal E-Clip, Ex. Flange, Ex. seal, Clutch kit, head studs, few others for it as well. but now that I have exactly pinpointed form what I can see is it was a top end Malfunction. And that I should save my new bottom end kit for when my bottom end goes. Any opinions, keep this in mind after the piston smashed spark plug and exploded it and I shut it down the kickstart was seized. but I cant feel any vertical play in the Rod... Just a little horizontal wiggle play. If anyone needs info on what happened ... Reply
 

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You have the parts, you have it apart, and you have no idea how much time is on the current bottom end. Sounds like a textbook reason to rebuild it.
 
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For sure! That brand new top end will be a paper weight if the crank bearings come apart. Once you have the top end and clutch off it's really not much more work to do the crank. It's always more expensive to repair a blown up engine than it is to replace functioning parts as maintenance.
 
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ojasia

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so I should just go ahead and get the crank done then.
 

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Yes, absolutely. The idea that people wait till parts are flopping around in the engine to change them is ridiculous. After a certain number of hours parts in an engine are junk, even if the bearings aren't wobbly.

Don't rebuild the crank though, just buy a new one if possible. They tend to be cheaper in the long run and usually more reliable unless you have access to a really good machinist with the proper crank alignment tools. Those guys are few and far between these days.

You'll buy yourself a few seasons of "piece of mind" by starting with a engine that has been properly rebuilt top to bottom.
 
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ojasia

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Yeah I already have a wiseco crank.
 
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ojasia

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Is my Flywheel nut reverse threaded???
 
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2strokerfun

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Should be right-hand threaded. (normal direction). Air impact wrench will usually break them free.
 
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