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Hello Dave,We do quite a few 450 and 350 cranks and I do prefer to 'pull' the outer flywheels off, inspect the cages, rods & pins at the same time as cleaning the sludge traps. Obviously the oil passes through the middle main bearings as it is fed to the big ends and it is far better for cleaning if the crank is pulled down as I mentioned. We can then replace the blanks once we have cleaned and inspected the delivery holes.Cheers
You ninja'd my edit!Duinno if I can get that Refos stuff but I will root in the wife's potion drawer looking for wintergreen.
The crank has been stripped, cleaned, crank pin oil plugs removed, sludge traps cleaned, re-placement oil plugs fitted, crank rebuilt and trued.It is now ready to be shipped back to you.Yes the bearings were all OK to use. Obviously they are not new but from our experience all serviceable. There was no more crud that usual and the pins, cages, needles and big end eyes were all good to go. One of the small end eyes is getting towards the limit but tried it with a new pin and it should be good for a few more miles yet.
My crank is ready! That was a quick turnround, Mike says he likes to squeeze these small jobs in between the big ones.QuoteThe crank has been stripped, cleaned, crank pin oil plugs removed, sludge traps cleaned, re-placement oil plugs fitted, crank rebuilt and trued.It is now ready to be shipped back to you.Yes the bearings were all OK to use. Obviously they are not new but from our experience all serviceable. There was no more crud that usual and the pins, cages, needles and big end eyes were all good to go. One of the small end eyes is getting towards the limit but tried it with a new pin and it should be good for a few more miles yet.My carb rubbers have been posted of to Ashley, to be soaked in magic fluid, and I decided to send my two tachos to Pete for swapping the insides over as I wasn't confident I could get them apart and back together without messing them up, I'd rather pay to have it done right.James is looking for some bars for me, as usual this board is proving to be invaluable, both for advice and services - my CB750 runs on what used to be Ash's spare crank, and I rebuilt that engine without major dramas thanks to the advice I got from here, for example when the oil pump wouldn't prime.