Engine failure.....

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Engine failure.....

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After hearing bad metallic sounds I open the engine and founded metallic gear pieces and a gone rod bearing..
I think it’s better go looking for a engine..
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:shock: oh dear :(
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One question
Do the raptor have the same cylinder head as the TLR engine?
I have found a cheep TLR engine in good condition except for the front cylinder head, my engine has good cylinder heads ....
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Oh dear :( & commiserations. Do you know what may have caused it? It looks like a piece of piston ring as well.

I got as far as finding out it's a TL1000S model X/Y/K1 see viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5085&p=38549&hilit=TLS#p38549

Unfortunately that doesn't help with your question... have you tried searching the tlzone.net & tlplanet.com forums?

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You'll have to check parts number to see if the heads interchange, as Andy said it's a X/Y/K1 model, Babbitts (https://www.babbittsonline.com/oemparts ... inder-head) is the best place I find to check part numbers, and partzilla (https://www.partzilla.com/product/suzuk ... 1100-02F31) gives models that share the same part.
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andybaggies wrote: 4 years ago Oh dear :( & commiserations. Do you know what may have caused it? It looks like a piece of piston ring as well

Andy B
What you see in the photo is a thin part who went off the rod bearing and some dent part from a gear.
The the only damage parts is the main shaft and some gear (I haven’t opened the gearbox).
I have suddenly run into a lot of un aspected costs this month....
I am building another two bikes at this moment, my direr left the car without coolant at a mountain trip, Holliday journey with the family August and the my favourite bike the Raptor broke....
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As you can see the cylinders and head is in good condition
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In this pics we have the bearing and rod failure marks.

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Very nasty, and commiserations on your list of problems!

If, as you say, some of the bits have come off the rod bearing shell, I guess they may have gone straight down into the gears visible in your last-but-one pic, breaking off a tooth. First time I've heard of a bearing shell disintegrating. Presumably something in the lubrication system failed...

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nickst4 wrote: 4 years ago Very nasty, and commiserations on your list of problems!

If, as you say, some of the bits have come off the rod bearing shell, I guess they may have gone straight down into the gears visible in your last-but-one pic, breaking off a tooth. First time I've heard of a bearing shell disintegrating. Presumably something in the lubrication system failed...

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I've had big end failure due to bikes continuing to run while on their sides, starves the oil feed into the shells.
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I finally decided to rebuild my engine, if You buy a used engine at the net you will never know it’s condition ware until it’s late.
So I have bought a used TLR crank with rods and pistons, This way I also improve my engine a bit with nice forged high compression items...
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