Cannondaleriders

My guess is the stator side crank bearing went bad. Which produced alittle wobble and distroyed the rod bearings. Next to go was the sleeve and piston. As for the shavings i dont know, maybe from the piston skirts?

You got my vote.

messures to be about 1.75mm of free play

Heres alittle update of my engine tear down and inspection. Is that discoloration from heat in the first pic? The next two are supposed to show small end freeplay on the rod.

I dont think he meant for him to change it, just check it. I havent changed my plug in 2yrs, that should be a good thing.

First thing I would do is change your oils and check your oil filter for shavings. If there is more than normal than drop the motor before anymore damage happens.

Looks good, can you get a valve cover done like that? Except maybe like a viper red to match a quad tech seat cover.

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i just started my tear down due to the same thing "shavings". Seems i had alittle bit of corrosion behind my water impeller. I think i have the good valve cover but seems like some plate directly behind the impeller got corroded. I got a couple of pictures ill post so forgive me if this is not the p...

Well I'm not really tring to get to specific. Different motors fail for different reasons, Im just tryin to get an idea of what engine oil people ran when engine went south.<br /><br />Blown motor? Is that hard to comprehend? U should know what I mean.<br /><br />Maybe a moderator could add a miscel...