rodneya Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 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. 4 Quote Link to comment
denisd Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 Nice addition to the fleet Quote Link to comment
rodneya Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 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? Quote Link to comment
rodneya Posted January 7, 2023 Author Share Posted January 7, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
coombehouse Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I was always told 1230cc was the limit on standard efe liners. I guess this confirms it Quote Link to comment
rodneya Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
TonyGee Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 whats the plan now, rebuild or find another engine ? Quote Link to comment
Bubba1135 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
rodneya Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 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. 2 Quote Link to comment
Swiss Toni Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Geez! Hope it was cheap! Quote Link to comment
rodneya Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
Swiss Toni Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Worlds your Lobster then! Quote Link to comment
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