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Posted: 15:38 - 06 Mar 2021 Post subject: |
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it will be very interesting to see if this condition remains after the top end is removed. Sure sounds like a hydrostatic lock of some sort, but what? I believe you have removed that possiblity on the top end already. If the condition persists after removing the piston and cylinder, maybe related to the oil pump and lube system..obstruction? pressure relief valve sticking? Maybe see if the problem remains with the oil drained out of the engine. ____________________ History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of men - BOC |
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steve the grease wrote: | Hmmmm, I'm beginning to change my original conclusion and lean more towards the roller/ball race jamming idea , rather than the stuck bore idea. the engine will have to be stripped further to find out for sure though. |
IF its one of the oilcooled gsxr750 engines then I doubt it would be a bearing, they have shell bearing crank journals. The first roller bearing in the assembly is the clutch/gearbox input shaft but he's said it happens with the clutch basket fitted or not. ____________________ own: 81 xs1100g...
owned: 85 rat CG (sold), 91 GS500e (stolen), 84 gsx400f (scrapped), 81 z250 (siezed, siezed, scrapped), 83 cb250rs (sold), 84 gpz750r ratfighter (killed) 84gpz400 (sold), '80 cb650 ratfighter (wrote off) 95gsx6/12f ratfighter (killed) 91 xj900 (sold)
stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance. |
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MG#43 wrote: | Polarbear wrote: | So all you are turning is the crank and pistons? Everything else is disconnected? |
thanks for reply.
correct.
When i put the bike back together (did some bottom end work), the bike just clicked once at the point of starting. With everything else checked, it turned out that the engine would not turn over, so I soaked in wd and rotated from the magneto side and it started moving, but as mentioned, you stop turning it, it locks up. while its like this it wont start unless i move the crank to ensure its not in the compression stroke, then it would start (intially i had to use a car battery for the extra cranking amps). I thought it would clear after running for a few mins but back to sq 1.
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You've inverted the engine and split the cases, done some work on the bottom end, put it together and the starter wouldn't spin the engine. You barred the engine over by hand and now it spins but only after initial resistance. After approx. 20 second of being left alone the resistance returns. Even with the top end off the same is true.
If that's right, get the bottom off again. You've got something trapped under a main bering shell is my guess. Doesn't need to be much, a piece of tissue or cloth etc. Perhaps you displaced a shell and it's deformed, but less likely.
Actually, just loosening the bottom case bolts ever so slightly might be enough to diagnose.
You didn't zip the bottom case up with a rattle gun did you? ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good |
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Just thinking - did any of the main bearing shells come out? More than one? If you put a thick shell back in where a thin shell came out you might have too little clearance on the main journal.
It's unlikely TBH but it's possible. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
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Pete. wrote: |
You've inverted the engine and split the cases, done some work on the bottom end, put it together and the starter wouldn't spin the engine. You barred the engine over by hand and now it spins but only after initial resistance. After approx. 20 second of being left alone the resistance returns. Even with the top end off the same is true.
If that's right, get the bottom off again. You've got something trapped under a main bearing shell is my guess. Doesn't need to be much, a piece of tissue or cloth etc. Perhaps you displaced a shell and it's deformed, but less likely.
Actually, just loosening the bottom case bolts ever so slightly might be enough to diagnose.
You didn't zip the bottom case up with a rattle gun did you? |
Did similar with a VW aircooled rebuild. Thought it would be wise to use some loctite bearing fit between the shell and the case... it wasn't. I had tight spots so had to disassemble. but that was position related not a time thing which is the curious aspect in this case. With new bottom ends I understand it's fairly common practice to just assemble the crankcase without cams etc and torque up to check free rotation. ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
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Oh well, there's me looking stupid then, I didn't know it was a plain bearing bottom end.
The history is coming out now...
Since that has been established, much sense has been spoken about tight journals , checking , etc, by various people...... ____________________ All the above is my personal opinion, you can see my lips move, but I'm talking out of my arse.
I've been riding, and fixing , bikes for 50 years, in that time the more I learn, the less I am absolutely sure of..... |
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Thanks again all for the responses!
In response to this from Pete:
"You've inverted the engine and split the cases, done some work on the bottom end, put it together and the starter wouldn't spin the engine. You barred the engine over by hand and now it spins but only after initial resistance. After approx. 20 second of being left alone the resistance returns. Even with the top end off the same is true.
If that's right, get the bottom off again. You've got something trapped under a main bering shell is my guess. Doesn't need to be much, a piece of tissue or cloth etc. Perhaps you displaced a shell and it's deformed, but less likely.
Actually, just loosening the bottom case bolts ever so slightly might be enough to diagnose.
You didn't zip the bottom case up with a rattle gun did you?"
Spot on with the first part, but the top end is not off, cylinder head remains for now with cams removed only, I just feel that i could be needing a new head gasket for a visual check that will show me nothing before i then need to re-open the bottom end. I don't know the general design of bike engines in the stacking of bottom end to top end sections but i know the GSXR's so have a step like design where the head comes apart at the very point the pistons reach top dead centre, so i'd remove the head to look at some piston heads which would not rise about the top of the cylinder block, i turn the crank and will only see so much...this is for now any way....
I agree, i need to recheck the bottom end and track back my steps before anything else, although i was very very cautious and didn't touch anything on or around the crank, other than jigging around the clutch basket, which as already mentioned has been removed to test the issue which remained.
no rattle guns used, just basic ratchet torque applied.
I have already tried removing the bottom end to check another issue around gear selection, I'm less concerned with this, but the issue remained but i didn't look much closer though but i will...
will update again later in the week...! |
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Invert the engine and try to turn it on the spanner. Note the effort required.
Crack all the case bolts in turn and then nip them very gently, just so that each one seats then try the spanner again see if it's any different.
If it is looser, tighten each main bearing case bolt pairs in turn and check the spanner to see which ones make the crank go tight.
If it's no looser after the initial cracking of the bolts, release each main bearing case bolt pair in turn and check every time to see if removing any make the crank go loose. You don't say what year your bike is but on some of the gsxr's the case bolts are mostly M8 but the main bearing bolts are M9. They are five pairs of bolts along the crank from underneath.
If you're lucky this will narrow down the cause/location of the tight crank journal.
In any case, remove the case and inspect the main journals right away. If there's a shiny line around any journal that's foreign matter trapped uner the shell. Inspect the shell, it's probably embedded in the face. If there is, pick it out and put it back together. Test for binding as you tighten each case pair. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
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An update!!
Sorry took me a couple of months to build the motivation!
So I the engine apart again from the bottom end today to reverse what I'd done, as soon as i removed the mid section of the engine the crank turned even by hand. I had over tightened the bolts causing it to clamp onto the crank shaft. Guessing when it would rotate after lots of force, it was enough to separate the crankcases enough to allow it to spin, then when left it clamped again, possibly some heat/friction would allow it to spin until it settled? either way I'm good with this now...
I wish I'd never gone for the top end as now i have another pain, as the crank gear and bolt were removed and put back without lining either to top dead centre so i need to find another way to get to TDC. These two parts are marked with lines to align to TDC, these lines are now useless until i line it all back up, first time doing cam timing so that's fecking awkward too! but at least the engine isn't toast!! yet..... |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 322 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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