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Gents, I'm about to order wrist / gudgeon pins, but I'm afraid  get not the right ones..

 

What wrist pins do you guys use? 18mm.

I can find some on the APE site, but they're 5mm too short.

It's for a GS1000.. I had planned to get pins what goes in the GSX1100.

 

A max of 200/220 crank HP, just a guesstimate ;)

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

Edited by Reinhoud
Posted
2 hours ago, Gixer1460 said:

Stock or whatever comes with the aftermarket piston you use. At that output you won't be stressing the pins!

I don't have a clue what they can handle, I'm just afraid it stuffs up again, I can't afford a second time. ;)

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Pins are just not a problem until you reach REALLY high loads ie. 40+psi boost, excessive Nitrous or Nitro fuels - be more concerned about the pistons and rods and the oil system to keep THEM alive!

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14 hours ago, Gixer1460 said:

Pins are just not a problem until you reach REALLY high loads ie. 40+psi boost, excessive Nitrous or Nitro fuels - be more concerned about the pistons and rods and the oil system to keep THEM alive!

Ok, thanks.

 

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6 hours ago, Reinhoud said:

Ok, thanks.

Funnily enough I mentioned this to Sean @ BigCC yesterday in passing and he whipped out a broken pin that had gone on the dyno! It had multiple pulls and was making 542bhp at failure - it was from a 1000cc bike and 15mm dia! Mentioned 18mm GSX -  his words - 'No problem!'

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14 hours ago, Gixer1460 said:

Funnily enough I mentioned this to Sean @ BigCC yesterday in passing and he whipped out a broken pin that had gone on the dyno! It had multiple pulls and was making 542bhp at failure - it was from a 1000cc bike and 15mm dia! Mentioned 18mm GSX -  his words - 'No problem!'

Haha, thanks!

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Posted

Meanwhile I've got some wrist pins, I ordered a set from a Gen 2 Hayabusa, but these were too short, 3mm wall thickness.

Then I ordered a set from a GSX1100 with the 493 conrods, also 3mm wall thickness, but these are too long, but that doesn't matter, I can make them shorter.

 

So, problem solved!

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