Hey! Remember my "overheating" problem a few months back?

...Well, itīs fixed and it was NOT what we all thought it was.

We were all focusing the overheating and no passing power (top speed 60mph) on the carb, spark plug, timing and/or exhaust system but it turns out it was MUCH WORSE than that.

BASICALLY some idiot (Iīm the 3rd owner) assembled the oil pump wrong somehow last time he opened the clutch cover for some reason and it seems it had been working poorly lately.

What happened after that is that the whole valve system stop getting lubricated correctly and it mearly "survived" on oil splashing up from the crank case but after that it was metal against metal for 100īs of miles!

The push rod got almost round. (see pics)
The rocker arms got shaved good a couple of milimiters.
The timing chain steached to its limit and got wobbly.
The chainīs autoadjuster was just about to give way.
The chainīs guides got all chipped away.
Amazingly the valves were fine and just needed ajudsting.

After the repair the bike went from the equivalent of a 125cc to a 600cc!!! I had no idea.

Now it goes 0-60 in 3 seconds flat and reaches about 95mph on a staight line, crazy.

The repair costs and parts totaled about $500USD+ but well worth it.

PIC 1   All the parts that were replaced.
http://www.ricardoponce.fotopic.net/p33957448.html

PIC 2    Can you see the damage?!
http://www.ricardoponce.fotopic.net/p33957449.html

Hope this helps someone.

Iīll take pics of my bike "Nasty" soon (juat a black 97ī, mostly stock except for the jet kit, exhaust, extra horn and a halogen bulb, skid/engine plate soon) and post them here but I need to give it a good wash and find a nice location first  


Thanks Guys!
Richard P.

If you don't have one already - might be a real good idea to order in a magnetic drain plug - your liable to have some bits of metal floating around

Almost hate to ask this question. Did you clean the oil pump pickup strainer or did you get the engine that far apart. If not did you backflush it at least to insure the oil pump inlet isn't restricted. If it is you may get to do the jpb over.  ?http://suzukisavage.com/bbs/YaBBImages/huh.gif??

http://www.magneticdrainplug.com/

is where I got mine.  After my top cylinder rebuild, it caught alot of loose metal.  Im thinking anything alum will be picked up by the oil filter itself.  U might want to consider changing your oil and filter after 400-600 miles (using a magnetic plug as well) to get some of that crap out before going long distances between oil changes.  Couldnt hurt thats for sure.

Now it goes 0-60 in 3 seconds flat .  haha UH HUH! rite

Yeah, ok, maybe not 3 seconds but that is what it feels like to me.

It must be around 6 or 7 seconds i guess, hard to tell, never timed it, never will.

 

Thanx, plug ordered.