Brazos River Rat ( Billy's ) Update
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73 Sanger Flat
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Tim - don't give me any more bad luck OK.. Just a broken chain and everything is fine inside except the valves .. I need some good luck here ..
73 Sanger Flat
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Rusty talked to Dave at Rehr Morrison and he told Rusty the same thing , But he also told Rusty that he has seen a few just break for no reason .. Come on guys , help me out here .. Just broke a chain .. PLEASE ..
Time for trolling motor now ..
Time for trolling motor now ..
73 Sanger Flat
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you guys are going make me pull the intake and heads off aren't you ??
Pull that thing apart! You don't need adult supervision for that part of it! :smile14: I hope it is only a chain, but I would be concerned as to why it was only a chain. If you find something else led to it, it would put your mind more at ease. Trust me, we have looked for explanations as to why some of the strange problems we have had with Lucky Draw. It's nice when you find a obvious culprit. :smile30: :smile30: :smile30: Not wishing any ill will here man! :smile17:
Devilman
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Brazos River Rat ( Billy ) said:
You're kidding right? You put that thing back together without checking into it further first, you are gonna be kicking yourself if something happens later... :undecided: I don't even think I would risk that with my old wore out stock stuff, lol :grin:
73 Sanger Flat
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I just pulled it apart enough to know for sure that it does have some bent valves and the cam would turn over easy .. Deciding I am not going to take it apart and let the expert take it apart so they can inspect it when they disasemble it .. So no more updates for a while unless Santa Clause drops me a new engine under the Christmas tree this year .. See you guys at Steel Creek .. I will be helping Galen with his Hydro..
73 Sanger Flat
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I went and looked at the chain one more time it was Stamp DID 06B .. Japan .. So it is not a Cloyes.. D.I.D. is a company in Japan ..
customtouch
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That does suck!!!! I hate when you think you are buying good quality parts only to find out it's cheap import crap!!!! Hope the damage is not too extensive!!!
Ok. here is what I have found out. Timing set is a cloyes. Some had iwis chains. some usa made, some japan chains" supposedly no more but how many are on shelves?". Performance boats and yellow bullet list several failures and excess stretching in short period of time with the Japanese chains. Several broke with no apparent cause. People are attributing it to high spring pressures, fast lobe rate, and lift, or all of the above. One failure due to substandard material is too many. And several are documented. I will post exactly what I find when it comes apart. Valve spring height, coil bind, seal to retainer, Rocker to retainer, push rod length, pushrod to head, wall thickness, valve to piston and rocker to lash cap contact patch, and oil flow to rockers was correct. A lot of people are using rollmaster with good results. This one will now get a jesel.