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They snap off a small bit at the top when the chain hits it, about 40 out of a 100 engines I do have it broken
Generally things like that are part of "windage " mitigation that engine designers use. It's to try and peel off excess oil from rotating crankshaft to prevent a rotating oil mass building up round the crank. Where oil comes back down from the head it drops onto the crank more than other extremes of crankcase, so it tries to seperate it to push it down toward the sump usually. A bit like a potatoe peeler.
Or it could be that Mr Honda put it there so when it did break it clattered round the engine, wrecked a bucket load of stuff and you spent thousands in the dealership getting all the damage repaired. Alas for Mr Honda he didn't get his sums right and it just dropped to the bottom of the engine instead, which just goes to show, Mr Honda didn't always get things right.
Quote from: Oddjob on August 07, 2019, 02:35:07 PMOr it could be that Mr Honda put it there so when it did break it clattered round the engine, wrecked a bucket load of stuff and you spent thousands in the dealership getting all the damage repaired. Alas for Mr Honda he didn't get his sums right and it just dropped to the bottom of the engine instead, which just goes to show, Mr Honda didn't always get things right. Ah but what about the bikes down under it would make a mess of them !
Quote from: paul G on August 08, 2019, 07:53:23 AMQuote from: Oddjob on August 07, 2019, 02:35:07 PMOr it could be that Mr Honda put it there so when it did break it clattered round the engine, wrecked a bucket load of stuff and you spent thousands in the dealership getting all the damage repaired. Alas for Mr Honda he didn't get his sums right and it just dropped to the bottom of the engine instead, which just goes to show, Mr Honda didn't always get things right. Ah but what about the bikes down under it would make a mess of them ! Ah but it wouldn't have snapped it off in the first place with the chain hanging upside down