Something followed me home..
Engine out. Its hurt somewhere i just havent found the smoking gun yet. When I drained the oil it had some metal swirls in it. I can't say I am surprised as, I think the balancer was coming apart and this thing has probably shook the main bearings to death and, thats where the metal came from. Tonight I will disassemble the bottom end and, I'm sure I will find some suspect looking main bearings. On a happy note... the cylinders walls still look pretty good.
When I went to take the timing chain off the cam gear wouldn't budge like maybe its twisted the cam key or something. It was stuck on there so bad that as I was apply some pressure to try and slide it off it ripped the whole center off the gear out. So. Now the center of the timing gear is stuck on the end of the cam...SWEET!! Never seen that before. I guess I will try a bearing puller on it so i can get the cam plate off.
Engine out. Its hurt somewhere i just havent found the smoking gun yet. When I drained the oil it had some metal swirls in it. I can't say I am surprised as, I think the balancer was coming apart and this thing has probably shook the main bearings to death and, thats where the metal came from. Tonight I will disassemble the bottom end and, I'm sure I will find some suspect looking main bearings. On a happy note... the cylinders walls still look pretty good.
When I went to take the timing chain off the cam gear wouldn't budge like maybe its twisted the cam key or something. It was stuck on there so bad that as I was apply some pressure to try and slide it off it ripped the whole center off the gear out. So. Now the center of the timing gear is stuck on the end of the cam...SWEET!! Never seen that before. I guess I will try a bearing puller on it so i can get the cam plate off.
