ooo, the Z1 motor is FUBAR'D BIG TIME NOW WITH PICS

Sandy wrote:

Wow CR...wholly!
The piston actually dropped?!!
Make sure You post pics of what you find when you pull the pan!:ohmy:

(and yes,it was me you got the pistons from...glad you're going to be using them,bud)

Hey- you did me a solid by selling me those pistons bro- thanks alot!

I had also bought a wiseco "bigblock" from a member here- I had seriously thought about going whole hog- but I want the bike to appear, to the nonKzrider trained eye, as a basically stock bike- and that wiseco block SCREAMES "I AM NOT STOCK" lol

I have dropped the pan- NOTHING- my camera is about to die too- I need to get another- this one has been frozen one too many times in attempts to get some winter riding pics for you fellas (and occcasional lady, I think? ) - shutter won't even open outside! It used to work pretty well above 5^F, but now it doesn't even work all that well inside- took me about three attempts and some photoshop to get you guys what pics I have!

Okay- found the piston- about 50% was in the stator cover, about 50% clumped up right around the oil pickup. Clutch was hosed along with piston. So far, I need to get a stator puller- this one is nearly welded on to the shaft- can't use my normal method this time- and the cases will split- I think the cases wil be okay!

for a piston to come apart like that it is my guess that it had a crack in it to start with and the hard ride did it in, I am not seeing the spray metal look when one leans out or melts from preigition.

Yes- no melting whatsover- complete cracking and breaking style fragments- I will try to post pics this evening!

mine just did the same thing.. but not as bad as urs

My camera sucks, I will try again tonight to take more pics. I am still screwing around with the stator- is is really frozen on the crank!