Well I must say I am disappointed, all this way and nobody asked for pictures yet, whats going on with you guys, getting slack in your old age?
Well I finaly got it torn down and found whats making all that racket, and I got pictures to boot. It appears that my lower bearing failed, came apart and some of the balls
from the bearing got into the # 6 cylinder.
Pictures are following but I must warn, these pictures are graphic and those with weak stomachs and little children should leave the room.
This is what a good piston should look like.
This is what a good piston should NOT look like.
That shiny piece in the middle lower half is a piece of the ball from the bearing.
Here is a shot of the cylinder head, not the best picture quality but none the less.
The dark stuff in the spark plug hole is more ball pieces.
And this is what a good cylinder looks like.
Other then a few light scratches on # 6 cylinders wall, which dont show in the pictures, I think it can be honed and reused.