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by WolfmanGK
Tue May 18, 2004 4:03 am
Forum: Powertrain
Topic: Crankshaft Failures
Replies: 166
Views: 7405

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><i>Originally posted by Bags </i><br /><b>Just fillling the case with oil like an oil bath would do nothing for the rod bearing.  The purpose of oil pressure is to force oil into the voids between two moving surf...
by WolfmanGK
Tue May 18, 2004 3:59 am
Forum: Powertrain
Topic: Crankshaft Failures
Replies: 166
Views: 7405

As the Cannondale turns.....

What about making it a wet sump system while devoting the oil pump to oiling the rod bearings? I'm just throwing absurd ideas out there- if we ever see an XR reliability I can die a happy man.
by WolfmanGK
Mon May 17, 2004 2:15 pm
Forum: Powertrain
Topic: Crankshaft Failures
Replies: 166
Views: 7405

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><i>Originally posted by Canniboomer </i><br /><b>Question, if we stop and lay our rigs on their sides every 20 minutes, would that assure some "bathing" of oil to the crank and wristpin?</b><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--Qu...
by WolfmanGK
Mon May 17, 2004 2:09 pm
Forum: Powertrain
Topic: Crankshaft Failures
Replies: 166
Views: 7405

Ok, this may be really stupid, but at this point, I cannot afford to end up like bphillman. Everyone knows Cannondale touted the separate oil in crank and oil in tranny as "Helping the engine last longer". When a crank bearing goes out the engine does not "Last longer". So, why not perforate the cra...
by WolfmanGK
Mon May 03, 2004 3:21 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: GNCC Sparta 2004 Misc Pictures
Replies: 30
Views: 331

When I lived in CA at a wolf sanctuary I used to volunteer at, I got 200 pictures on my Mavica w/ memory stick in one day. Digitals are the greatest.