351 cylinder crack
#11
07-04-2011, 02:09 PM
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Abilene, TX
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Well, we still don't know the real reason. However, being that I ride 100% in the desert, that's why I went with the 331...it was the largest Dry Sleeve offered. I just didn't want to push it to the largest offered. That said, whether it's wet or dry may not make a difference, and we still don't know what the real reason is for this problem.
#13
07-04-2011, 04:39 PM
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Abilene, TX
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Rockies regional section...titled "Stranded in Ouray" by merickk. There's nothing more than what I passed on at this time. He's still stuck there trying to get a ride to Farmington, NM.
#14
07-04-2011, 05:49 PM
#15
07-04-2011, 05:56 PM
My thinking is even if the sleeve is somehow responsible for this breakdown, it's seems to be a fluke, since this is the only one out of I don't know how many. I wonder how many miles his piston and sleeve have on them. I was also wondering if maybe the wrist pin failed first, since all the score marks look to be on the one side of the barrel. 
#17
07-04-2011, 08:14 PM
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: North Shore of Lake Superior
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My thinking is even if the sleeve is somehow responsible for this breakdown, it's seems to be a fluke, since this is the only one out of I don't know how many. I wonder how many miles his piston and sleeve have on them. I was also wondering if maybe the wrist pin failed first, since all the score marks look to be on the one side of the barrel.
#18
07-04-2011, 10:34 PM
Well, we still don't know the real reason. However, being that I ride 100% in the desert, that's why I went with the 331...it was the largest Dry Sleeve offered. I just didn't want to push it to the largest offered. That said, whether it's wet or dry may not make a difference, and we still don't know what the real reason is for this problem.
#19
07-04-2011, 10:42 PM
Cheers, Jim
#20
07-05-2011, 01:18 AM
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: North Shore of Lake Superior
Posts: 419
Off the top of my head I can't recall, were you the one whose 330 cylinder cracked at the cylinder skirt?