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35 year old crank
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:27 am
by malc87
my H2B (C)
is still on its original crank.
it does worry me when im thrashing it (I.E. following higgsy over the mountain!
) that its going to go BANG and total the engine?
should i replace it after 35 years or do i leave well alone?
the bike has done 12500 miles
m
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:21 am
by downpipe3
leave well alone
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:52 am
by simonh
whos to say a 'new' crank wont fail, many seem to
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:01 am
by malc87
good point simon,in fact yet another new crank has just failed after 400 miles for yet another club member!
this crank was done by one of the "big" names and its the first failure i have heard from him?
he has taken the crank back and after examination the "dealer has said he wont replace it as "dirty" two stoke oil and "dirty" engine oil was used!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
big ends have gone
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:37 pm
by Ståle
Leave it alone. You're always bringing your van anyway
I left my crank alone on the H1C. It failed after one season. Main bearing. It was then 27 years old.
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:48 pm
by malc87
ståle wrote:Leave it alone. You're always bringing your van anyway
I left my crank alone on the H1C. It failed after one season. Main bearing. It was then 27 years old.
ive already destroyed one crank on a new van
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:22 pm
by husson73
I will open the engine, fit new seals and bearing and of course have a look at the rods. The weak points are seals and bearing
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:34 pm
by HIGGSPEED
what was Hutchy doing at Onchan head on your bike with his race leathers on??
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:55 pm
by the180kid
malc87 wrote:ståle wrote:Leave it alone. You're always bringing your van anyway
I left my crank alone on the H1C. It failed after one season. Main bearing. It was then 27 years old.
ive already destroyed one crank on a new van
whats a van got to do with it lol,,
crap vans anyway,
i'm running on stock crank,..if its ok thats ok then,
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:41 pm
by malc87
HIGGSPEED wrote:what was Hutchy doing at Onchan head on your bike with his race leathers on??
it was on the marine drive.
he was right at the end "testing" his race bike on the open road
we asked him if we could get a picture of him on the H2 for the front cover of our magazine.
he was very reluctant as he was contracted to honda till we told him we were only a small specialist club.
he said, "ow it should be alright then"!
top bloke!
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:33 am
by 666rog
re build the crank Malc. Cases are hard to get when you slam a rod through them.
m
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:14 am
by downpipe3
666rog wrote:re build the crank Malc. Cases are hard to get when you slam a rod through them.
only whenb you thrash it so hard the rod stretches and throws itself through
not that i know anything about doing such a thing
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:12 pm
by Posh Pete
malc87 wrote:good point simon,in fact yet another new crank has just failed after 400 miles for yet another club member!
this crank was done by one of the "big" names and its the first failure i have heard from him?
he has taken the crank back and after examination the "dealer has said he wont replace it as "dirty" two stoke oil and "dirty" engine oil was used!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
big ends have gone
Dirty engine oil? The only engine oil a triple has is in the gearbox and that would not get to the crank at all.
Two stroke oil is spent, mostly burned, and some discharged, so it would always be fresh from the bottle when topping up the tank. How could it ever be dirty?
The dealer is pulling a fast one if you ask me....!!!
M
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:33 pm
by downpipe3
Posh Pete wrote:malc87 wrote:good point simon,in fact yet another new crank has just failed after 400 miles for yet another club member!
this crank was done by one of the "big" names and its the first failure i have heard from him?
he has taken the crank back and after examination the "dealer has said he wont replace it as "dirty" two stoke oil and "dirty" engine oil was used!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
big ends have gone
Dirty engine oil? The only engine oil a triple has is in the gearbox and that would not get to the crank at all.
Two stroke oil is spent, mostly burned, and some discharged, so it would always be fresh from the bottle when topping up the tank. How could it ever be dirty?
The dealer is pulling a fast one if you ask me....!!!
ITS THE SAME PRATT THAT DONE A CRANK FOR ME 10 YEARS AGO AND IT CAME BACK FROM HIM 3 TIMES,FULL OF ATTITUDE,NO APOLOGY , SAMURI RODS FIITED TO TWO OF THE CRANK SECTIONS,BENT RODS
I COULD GO ON,STILL LEAVES A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH NOW AS I HAD TO GO TO A TRIPLES RALLY BY CAR
GARY IS DROPPING IT AROUND TO ME TUESDAY AND ITS GOING TO THE CRANK GOD CHRIS RITCHIE
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:14 pm
by simonh
whos the dodgy geezer, so we know who not to get a crank from
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:17 pm
by malc87
do eat "apples by" there sell by date
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:01 pm
by the180kid
thats who did Ted's crank !!!, +10 ish yrs ago, Ted finally finished the bike couple of yrs ago and it never run right,
crank was several (if not more) deg out ?,whatever that means,...he wernt a happy bunny, but too long ago really to get any satisfaction,
sure they was / are advertising their rebuild services on fleabay,
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:55 am
by BRN2DRL
I did a 35 year ole crank now shees pushin40
m
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:52 am
by downpipe3
the180kid wrote:thats who did Ted's crank !!!, +10 ish yrs ago, Ted finally finished the bike couple of yrs ago and it never run right,
crank was several (if not more) deg out ?,whatever that means,...he wernt a happy bunny, but too long ago really to get any satisfaction,
sure they was / are advertising their rebuild services on fleabay,
same problem for me back in 1999 mate,long time back but still the same shoddy service
i wrote a article about 10 years back [laurel and hardy engineers]
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:52 pm
by 666rog
Heard some bad shit about him. I think captain backyard was trained by the apple eater.