Saturday 9 August 2014

Damaged Engine Components

With all that shrapnel flying about inside the motor, there was bound to be some damage.  Here is some of it.  

Some of the small ends are scored and one is blacked with heat:

 This one is pretty black.


 Here are a couple of the pins:

 And the inside of the cases clearly shows where the clutch exploded and hit the inside.

Hitting the inside top of the cases and putting a dent in it which is visible from the outside.
 

 And taking a lump out of it too.




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  2. It seems to me that the engine has been tuned to some extent - the exhaust, cams and air filters (K&N or something), welded crank - and also run hard... which explains the exploded clutch, if this wasn't reinforced to cope with the additional load.
    I've never heard about a GS/GSX doing this to a clutch before... c".)

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