Dead EFE

[rodneya]

Picked up a dead EFE after it came up on my Facebook marketplace for a good price. Been standing since 05. Seller thought he had melted a piston after fitting a  Vance and Hines pipe and pod filters.

Chunks of metal and oil in the pipe and the beat up plug in no 2 cyl tell a different story.

Other than that the bike looks to be in really good shape for standing that long.

 

 

[denisd]

Nice addition to the fleet 

[rodneya]

Got the motor opened up a bit and its not pretty. Oil ring is completely gone and bore is badly chewed up. There is a massive ridge at the top of the bore.

Suggestions on cause of the failure? Oil ring broke?

[rodneya]

Well, got some more of it apart. Still fighting with the flywheel, but I got the bottom end apart and think I found what happened. The entire liner is basically in the sump.

78mm MTC pistons in std sleeves. Looks like the sleeve cracked at the top lip.

 

[coombehouse]

I was always told 1230cc was the limit on standard efe liners. I guess this confirms it  

[rodneya]

1 hour ago, coombehouse said:

I was always told 1230cc was the limit on standard efe liners. I guess this confirms it  

Yup, and it does not look like the PO got very many miles on the build before it went boom.

[TonyGee]

whats the plan now, rebuild or find another engine ? 

[Bubba1135]

12 hours ago, coombehouse said:

I was always told 1230cc was the limit on standard efe liners. I guess this confirms it  

Glad I only went 1230 on mine looking at this.

[rodneya]

4 hours ago, TonyGee said:

whats the plan now, rebuild or find another engine ? 

Gonna rebuild it with different crank and complete top end I have.

I already have a GSXR front end, SRAD 750 swing arm and Busa wheels waiting to be fitted.

[Swiss Toni]

Geez! Hope it was cheap!

[rodneya]

20 minutes ago, Swiss Toni said:

Geez! Hope it was cheap!

Sold the V&H exhaust for more than I paid for the entire thing, so basically a free bike.

[Swiss Toni]

Worlds your Lobster then!