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Re: [St] Alas poor Sprint, I knew thee well
- Subject: Re: [St] Alas poor Sprint, I knew thee well
- From: Jim Crate <jimcfl@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 20:27:30 -0400
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At 96,398 miles I took the 2002 Sprint ST in for an overheating
problem. Donelson Cycle found the head gasket was leaking combusion
into the water jacket. I decided the $2700 rebuild of the motor was
financially better than buying a new bike. I got the bike back Fri
of Labor Day weekend and left for Eastern PA. I made it 100 miles
before the motor expired. Donelson did the autopsy last week and
found one of the valve heads broke off the stem in cyl #3, it
destroyed the piston, and all the shrapnel ended up in the lower end.
Valve heads don't just break off the stem 100 miles after a rebuild by
themselves...they do that because the retaining mechanism was probably
installed incorrectly and failed. The rebuilder screwed up and should
be replacing the entire motor, whatever it costs.
Jim
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