| This page covers the progress of my Chief after taking it for a leisurely ride just before being torn down. I was going to take off the top end the next day to try and find a noise I was hearing that sounded like loose cam rollers. Couldn't find it in the cam chest or in the primary so was figuring it might be in the pistons. Boy was I wrong, never hesitate to take it off the road when you hear a noise that just isn't right. I got off lucky on this one in one regard, that it didn't take out the crankcased when it broke. I was about ten miles from where I was headed when the bike dropped a cylinder and pulled onto the shoulder. I was able to start it right back up but only ran on one cylinder. I felt it might be pushrod adjustment and had my wife tow my into town with our sidecar. After returning home and disassembly I found out it was a busted connecting rod and a grooved crankpin. Let the pictures tell the story!! |
