For those that have followed the saga of my cylinder woes this past month or so you know the background behind this thread. If you don't know,look up a couple threads I have posted up,one in the Lounge and the other I thing is in the General area.
Anyway my original ported cylinder is finally here after a long ordeal with CV Tech and the local shop handling the deal. I get a voicemail on my phone this morning from the shop owner,he picked up the cylinder from the shipping depot yesterday. Now he tells me that the crack in the cylinder wasn't fixed but they put a sleeve in it and plated the sleeve!!! So I STILL have to get this cylinder ported to match the other 2. He tells me he's more than capable of doing this work,he's done plenty before. If I'd have known this I would've just got him to port the other replacement cylinder sent to me in the first place!!!! At least I'd have had my sled back together and running a week ago. All I can say is the bottle of Bacardi's has taken an awful beating this last week.
So with that all said,what's the general opinion of running a sleeved cylinder? Will it heat and cool the same as the others? Is there something I should look for ? And just FYI the other cylinder is still sitting on the bench at the local shop so I still have the option of him porting that one instead. He's going to do not tomorrow morning so I'd like to have an idea of which one I should go with.
Anyway my original ported cylinder is finally here after a long ordeal with CV Tech and the local shop handling the deal. I get a voicemail on my phone this morning from the shop owner,he picked up the cylinder from the shipping depot yesterday. Now he tells me that the crack in the cylinder wasn't fixed but they put a sleeve in it and plated the sleeve!!! So I STILL have to get this cylinder ported to match the other 2. He tells me he's more than capable of doing this work,he's done plenty before. If I'd have known this I would've just got him to port the other replacement cylinder sent to me in the first place!!!! At least I'd have had my sled back together and running a week ago. All I can say is the bottle of Bacardi's has taken an awful beating this last week.
So with that all said,what's the general opinion of running a sleeved cylinder? Will it heat and cool the same as the others? Is there something I should look for ? And just FYI the other cylinder is still sitting on the bench at the local shop so I still have the option of him porting that one instead. He's going to do not tomorrow morning so I'd like to have an idea of which one I should go with.
CVTech installed a sleeve, and plated it?????? I'd be talking directly with CVTech over this one. I have dealt with them a few times, and honestly can't see them doing this without first getting approval to do so. Me, personally would not accept that cylinder...aka not pay for it.
Yeah approval, that's just one of the things that really pisses me off about this. Not once did I ever get a call to ask what I wanted done when they decided the crack was too bad to be fixed. I have yet to even lay eyes on this cylinder,the local shop owner has it. I did talk to him face to face today though long enough to give him one of my good cylinders so he can match the ports of the other one.
The one positive of this whole mess is that according to the shop owner they CV Tech has basically told him to keep the first replacement cylinder sent last week and he said I could keep it. So I'll be getting that one as a spare.
The one positive of this whole mess is that according to the shop owner they CV Tech has basically told him to keep the first replacement cylinder sent last week and he said I could keep it. So I'll be getting that one as a spare.
I read the nightmare but forgot the original problem or why work was being done. I got a few stock srx700 cyls around here somewhere. Maybe they polished it for you for a small fee too. lol
staggs65
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I'd use the other one
Usually cylinder sleeves are iron and iron sleeves in cylinders are not normally nikasilled like the stock cylinder [although it is possible]
I would check to see what coating they are referring to.
I would only run a sleeved cylinder if it came that way from the factory, was part of a Big Bore kit, or the cylinder was rare and could not be replaced and needed to be sleeved to return it to a useable state.
I would check to see what coating they are referring to.
I would only run a sleeved cylinder if it came that way from the factory, was part of a Big Bore kit, or the cylinder was rare and could not be replaced and needed to be sleeved to return it to a useable state.
I picked up the newly ported stock cylinder this morning and put everything together. She's running again and sounds good. I have yet to lay eyes on the sleeved cylinder,the local shop owner supposedly still has it in his SUV and is going to port it the same as my others so I'll have a spare. I asked him about the sleeve and he said it's aluminum the same as the cylinder? That doesn't sound right to me but as soon as I get it I'll know for sure.
SLICKER
New member
That's how Bender made their 835 big bore, aluminum sleeves and then reniked, if I'am not mistaken.
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i dont see why they would do all that work , why not just weld it and rebore and plate its done, there really isnt anything besides breaking the cylinder in 2 pcs that you cant weld/repair a blown up cylinder, its all aluminum to begin with.
I dont think you got the whole or true story here.
I dont think you got the whole or true story here.
I'm with you Don because I still haven't laid eyes on this supposed sleeved cylinder. But this isn't the first story of CV Tech screwing someone over.