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Jim_R Ex Member	Torque's bike pics 02/20/06 at 11:08:29 All I can say is ouch! Check out this gear that is bent. Piston broken. I'll let Torque tell ya the rest. http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/525859/ http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/525858/ http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/525861/ http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/525864/
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torque Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline 2008 nightster,flat od green and black Posts: 748 rock hill,S.C. Gender:	Re: Torque's bike pics Reply #1 - 02/20/06 at 11:25:08 yeah the second pic is what shot out,taking the front of the engine with it, pretty cool really.i never really cared before but the crankshaft is a multipiece crankshaft,kinda weird. i think u can say thats a hole
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Dynobob Serious Thumper Offline 2003 LS650 (with Supertrapp) Posts: 634 Northern Virginia Gender:	Re: Torque's bike pics Reply #2 - 02/20/06 at 11:48:38 BAM ! That rod sure doesn't look very beefy. I guess the rod big end is what failed first. Yikes.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10672 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Torque's bike pics Reply #3 - 02/20/06 at 12:08:20 I am only getting the print...no photos at all. What's up?
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Steve530 Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline Posts: 452 Knoxville, TN Gender:	Re: Torque's bike pics Reply #4 - 02/20/06 at 12:39:07 Photos work for me. That's a serious failure. like DynoBob said. Looks like the big end of the rod broke, then jammed up the crank.
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torque Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline 2008 nightster,flat od green and black Posts: 748 rock hill,S.C. Gender:	Re: Torque's bike pics Reply #5 - 02/20/06 at 12:47:17 Steve530 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02: Photos work for me. That's a serious failure. like DynoBob said. Looks like the big end of the rod broke, then jammed up the crank. thats exactally what happened,the connecting rod is really cheap "pot metal".
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Steve530 Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline Posts: 452 Knoxville, TN Gender:	Re: Torque's bike pics Reply #6 - 02/20/06 at 12:55:14 Not good. Anybody else had this sort of failure?
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Re: Torque's bike pics
Reply #7 - 02/20/06 at 12:59:37

I agree with a bottom end failure. The rod is not bent nor did the small end fail which indicates the top end is not the cause. When the crank stopped abruptly the load was transferred to the balancer shaft, knocking it out of the engine. This big end rod failure had to be knocking badly prior to kablamo. Fess up Torque you must have heard the engine crying before you killed it.

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Kaishaku Junior Member 2005 No Login Offline Posts: 68	Re: Torque's bike pics Reply #8 - 02/20/06 at 13:19:58 Eek, that's what makes me scared of those V twins that have one piston pointing straight at your crotch
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Torque's bike pics Reply #9 - 02/20/06 at 13:26:43 Oh wow, that brings back memories. I had that happen in 1980 on a '59 Ford F-100 (straight-6, 223). Man, what an oil slick and ungodly noise that made.
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Reply #10 - 02/20/06 at 13:42:43

bentwheel wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:

Fess up Torque you must have heard the engine crying before you killed it.

nope the engine wasnt knocking, they usually dont knock very long after your conecting rod breaks,most engines have a tendencie to freeze up...obviosly. plus all the bearings are still good no wear or play.and i dont know why fireball decieded to kill himself,to many people picked on him i guess Cheesy

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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: Torque's bike pics Reply #11 - 02/20/06 at 14:02:12 Wow!! That's some failure! Hope it never happens to my Savage (knock on wood ...) What year was your LS torque ... and how many miles? Did you beat on your Savage, or were you gentle with it? Enquiring minds wanna know!
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vroom1776 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2110 Gender:	Re: Torque's bike pics Reply #12 - 02/20/06 at 14:48:09 WOW!
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Reply #13 - 02/20/06 at 15:00:45

PerrydaSavage wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:

Wow!! That's some failure! Hope it never happens to my Savage (knock on wood ...) What year was your LS torque ... and how many miles? Did you beat on your Savage, or were you gentle with it?
Enquiring minds wanna know!

it was a 1998 with almost 18,000 miles.

well it depends on if u consider a ocasional peelout and ocasional intersate run as me beating on it,if u do, i really feel sorry for u,i mean your letting life pass u by...if u dont consider that a beating, congrats your a true biker.

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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: Torque's bike pics Reply #14 - 02/20/06 at 15:18:34 just needs a little jbweld... well maybe a lot
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