No the monkeys fine . He was just finishing up a valve ajustment a few minutes ago. Good help is hard to find. I dont know about the cat hes been drunk on the couch since cannondale went bankrupt.
I want to make a note here, I am posting these photos and posting my step by step cause I feel there is alot of guys out there that love reading about a motor break down. It is not to cause any mud slinging.
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Look at where I am pointing at.. it is like someone polished the surface.
That is what is refered to as a Asso piston.Either that motor has been apart or it was one of the rebuild jobs they did at factory since that is a late model piston.Uses wire clips and every one I have seen had scoring like that on wristpin not always on rod.But it doesnt mean the Big end bearing cage has worn into rod or anything.In my opinion the Wiseco pins gall at a lesser rate than the Asso.Wiseco are hard chromed.But the Asso piston is a very good piston.What does the galling come from?Well what it is is welding.From lack of oil or bad oil or just bad design.When you see that it means the wristpin siezed in the rod for a instant or two or three.Hate to bring it up but this causes a lot of stress on rod and bearing and could possibly be reason why some cranks fail sooner than others.In Yamahas when wristpin siezes it breaks the rod.But we have strong rods sooo.