Another one bites the dust

[Flyinhillbilly]

I let my brother ride my go kart. It went from together to apart.

 

[Flyinhillbilly]

It wasn't particularly his fault, it's been rattling a little lately, and it finally just gave it up.

 

[Hellion]

Wait a minute, how many has this been?

Wow, shattered piston and holed block. Congratulations!
But a Honda? Sad news.

EDIT: conn rod failure, eh?

 

[Flyinhillbilly]

Yeah, I think it galled. The crank is blued around the rod journal.

 

[Rail rider]

A little jb weld should fix it right up.

 

[chancer]

Sorry I cant keep up with your builds.
Which motor was this?
The original GX160 from the "What would it take mini"?

 

[Flyinhillbilly]

Parts of it. This was the one I got for free from the rental store and put the clone crank in. 11.8:1 196. The what would it take motor ate the block when the head gasket blew on 70% nitro. I've already bought another motor for it that I'll be digging into as soon as it gets here.

 

[ridin_low07]

Well I would say its time for a 420

 

[Hellion]

Yeah, but why did it gall?

Well I would say its time for a 420

I think it's time for adult supervision. Don't let your brother ride, FHB.

I request a full post-mortem autopsy! This is valuable, a learning experience.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

I second that ^^^^^

Probably lack of lubrication.

 

[Flyinhillbilly]

I had schaffer's oil in it. I think I didn't have enough rod/ crank clearance for the rpm it was seeing. I don't know what the number was, but it was plenty high at times.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

I'd like to see the bearing surface pics and stuff.

 

[Flyinhillbilly]

6800rpm on stock junk according to the digitron.
Also, the kit for the tillotson came in.

It's really no mystery what happened to it.

 

[bob58o]

Sorry I cant keep up

Sounds personal.

LOL




What kind of Connecting Rod? I can't keep up either. LOL It failed at the Rod End / Crank Journal, right?

 

[Flyinhillbilly]

Stock rod. It split at the big end. The bearing surface looked pretty bad. I left the piston and rod at my brothers house which is over an hour away. I'll see if he can find it and text me a pic.

 

[B_Bimmer]

I love carnage.

 

[bob58o]

Not that it would have helped......
But has anybody else tried to make a magnetic oil plug???
I tried but don't think the HF magnet I used was strong enough. And I was scared of it coming loose inside the Aluminum block.

 

[Flyinhillbilly]

Here's the bottom part of the rod.
I'll take a pic of the crank at lunch. It's crazy how much heat it took.

 

[Flyinhillbilly]

Here's the crank. You can see where it blued from the heat.
Disregard the oil, it was running on alcohol which has a tendency to milk the oil, and it's been sitting outside in the rain since we scattered it.

 

[Bbqjoe]

Here's the crank. You can see where it blued from the heat.
Disregard the oil, it was running on alcohol which has a tendency to milk the oil, and it's been sitting outside in the rain since we scattered it.

Now that it's been out in the rain, you can just forget about repairing it.