Earlier I posted that I came into a Hoffco Super Bee with the 82006 West Bend engine - 134cc.
Spent the last two weeks tearing it down for evaluation and clean up. I didn 't find much wear but it wasnt' pretty.
I found several small depressions in the top of the piston and cyl head. Looked to me like a rod needle bearing had been dancing around in there. Then I found how it got there - through the center intake port. Made a nice V in the top piston land as well and you can see it cracked the ring. This thing still had 120psi compression.
I tore it down the rest of the way and sure enough, about 5 needles were missing. Someone had been into this at some point, removed the rod cap, dropped the needles and gave up, then put it all back together. The crank and rod looked fine. Crank bearings are smooth and tight. No sign of any other needles. I'm guessing someone got hold of it and got it running, then ran it until it sucked up the needles. More support for tearing down an newly acquired but unfamiliar saw before you try to start it.
So I thought, what's the worst that could happen if I tried to run it - damage the P&C more? I decided to clean it up, new rings, rod bearings, and seals. More pics in the next post.
Looks like I have to figure out how to post photos again too.
Spent the last two weeks tearing it down for evaluation and clean up. I didn 't find much wear but it wasnt' pretty.
I found several small depressions in the top of the piston and cyl head. Looked to me like a rod needle bearing had been dancing around in there. Then I found how it got there - through the center intake port. Made a nice V in the top piston land as well and you can see it cracked the ring. This thing still had 120psi compression.
I tore it down the rest of the way and sure enough, about 5 needles were missing. Someone had been into this at some point, removed the rod cap, dropped the needles and gave up, then put it all back together. The crank and rod looked fine. Crank bearings are smooth and tight. No sign of any other needles. I'm guessing someone got hold of it and got it running, then ran it until it sucked up the needles. More support for tearing down an newly acquired but unfamiliar saw before you try to start it.
So I thought, what's the worst that could happen if I tried to run it - damage the P&C more? I decided to clean it up, new rings, rod bearings, and seals. More pics in the next post.
Looks like I have to figure out how to post photos again too.
