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- Oct 30, 2003
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I will increase the axial play for the big end and since I'm using ball bearing mains, they can cope with a smaller axial play for the whole crank.that's interesting ! I found the same wear inside the crank with even 0.55mm big end axial play, the factory spec is 0.4.
since then I aim for 0.7 - 0.8mm and have not seen any odd marks, quick look on KTMtalk found thew same spec used for 35mm big ends
the prox piston i got seemed a tad large to me so i heated the liner and piston to 400F and checked if the piston still dropped through freely,
easy test although you would think the piston would in practice be hotter than the liner.
if the pins are higher modulus and lighter than OEM im definitely interested
Due to the time concern, the pins will this time not be of any peculiar mtrl. They will be of 2511 (see attached spec). Different steel alloys have very similar value on Youngs modulus, so I need to find some Harry Parkinson drag bike builder knowledge, as they struggle with the same crank spread problem.