Re: My motor puked all over it's self!
If your cylinders aren't tapered, there is no reason to bore it. *You may have to take it to a machine shop to verify this. *If you're lucky, they wont even charge you. *A ball hone can be had for >$30 and can be run with a hand drill. *Ball hones are harder to make mistakes with than conventional stone type hones. *Don't cheat yourself and reuse the rings, buy new ones. *A pitted bearing is usually caused by fatigue. *Rolling element bearings have a very finite fatigue life, the rollers are moving around and each time they pass over a surface, it goes into compression and then relaxes. *Eventually, the surface will become brittle and flake away. *This type of wear is called spalling. *When everything is back together, break it in like a new motor.
Aviation Form-a-Gasket works great as a sealant between crankcase halves but is difficult to disassemble. Permatex #2 will work. Permatex MotoSeal for motorcycles will also work great. There are also 2 MotoSeals, get the more permanent one. It's white while the less permanent MotoSeal is gray.
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