BigTimeFarmer
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11,000 miles on my viper so I tore her down. Engine had zero problems, just wanted to do it as my viper is now my full time river rat. (pipes on the way) Everything inside looked great but there was a little surprise under the pto cylinder. 6 small metal buttons(will post pics later). I think they are rivets from a cage in one of the ball bearings. Anyone ever see/hear of this before? Also, does anyone know of someone who is good with yamaha cranks in mid Michigan area?
post a pic of the stuff.
BigTimeFarmer
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Waters88
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Im guessing that picture was taken on the cover of the Viper manual? Maybe post a pic of one of the pieces next to a ruler or something just so people know the size. Might give guys a better idea of what they could possibly be......
BigTimeFarmer
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they're pretty small. greater than 1/16 and less than 1/8
You must have a lose rod slapping side to side...... That's scary......
BigTimeFarmer
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Whammy said:
do you figure they're pieces of a rod bearing? none seemed loose to me. none of the bearings seemed sloppy either. i'm looking for a local guy to do tear it apart and see whats wrong. any recomendations(in michigan or otherwise)? other than those little guys the inside of that motor was spotless.
looks like bearing rollers to me,something is wrong in the bottomend.
BigTimeFarmer
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i just cant believe nothing else is broken. i'm looking for someplace to take the crank for service. saw the price on bearings from yamaha, wow. are there cheaper ways to obtain them?
viperking
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Try cb performance, i beleive they still do crank rebuilds and i had one rebuilt there for a reasonable price, they are on this website as well, contact member 2ooosrx , he should be able to help you out
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hereismylife
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I wish I could see a better close up picture of these. I would love to know what these are...they do look like rivets....
9801srx
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sure looks like bearing cage rivits to me.what cyl were they in? center or mag,the pto side has roller brg's only so no cage rivits.
BigTimeFarmer
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well, the guys at cb performance should have my crank tomorrow. rich was really cool on the phone. hope it doesn't need to be "thrown in the lake". but if it does he assured me it would only cost me 75 bucks. lol. but in all honesty TY is awesome. it took less than 24 hours and i got 3 differant places to have the work done. awesome.
BigTimeFarmer
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well, the pieces couldn't have come out of the crank. cb perf called yesterday and said they couldn't find anything wrong with my crank so they straightened her out and it'll be here tuesday. still have no idea where those little buggers came from.
tofastSRX
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bottem end bearing's nasty better check your case for wear to
Maybe a disgruntled Skidoo,Polaris , or Artic Cat rider was so jealous of your Viper's looks, performance, and reliability that he accidently dropped some rivets in your air box!
I had a Ski Doo racer drop a nut into the top opening of one of my Mod VMAX4s airboxes between heats a few years back...fortunately I saw him do it!
Bob
I had a Ski Doo racer drop a nut into the top opening of one of my Mod VMAX4s airboxes between heats a few years back...fortunately I saw him do it!
Bob
tofastSRX
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Wow Lol Did You Kick His *** Sideshowbob?
tofastSRX said:
All day long in every heat and final that day and every weekend we met afterwards...loved taking his money!
Bob
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sideshowBob said:
now i have a lead to go on at least. i know more than a few AC riders who are jealous of the miles per piston i get out of my viper. lol