weefek
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Hello everyone, completely new to this but I have a lot of mechanical / etc experience.
Due to medical reasons my drivers license has been temporarily revoked, and I live in a rural area. In order to get into town to buy essentials, I bought a bicycle. Unfortunately my being a fat ass for the last 5 years means that there's no way I can pedal all the way to town and back.
So I recently purchased a Grubee 69cc GT5B kit for my walmart special bike. I'm at about 20 / 30 miles so far and have worked out a lot of random issues on my own.
Not having experience with these kits or types of engines I'm wondering what all your opinions are on the amount of crank shaft / rod play. See the video below, it's quite audible. I can't imagine this is normal, it seems like a lot of play to me. Almost like someone forgot to install a bearing.
Let me know what you guys think.
Thanks!
EDIT: I realize most of you do this as a hobby, but for me it's for essential reasons. Any recommendations / ideas with regards to reliability? I already have an NGK spark plug to pop in the engine once I'm out of the break-in period and a spare chain. I will be buying a hub adapter for the rear drive sprocket soon as well. Also added picture of bike.
Due to medical reasons my drivers license has been temporarily revoked, and I live in a rural area. In order to get into town to buy essentials, I bought a bicycle. Unfortunately my being a fat ass for the last 5 years means that there's no way I can pedal all the way to town and back.
So I recently purchased a Grubee 69cc GT5B kit for my walmart special bike. I'm at about 20 / 30 miles so far and have worked out a lot of random issues on my own.
Not having experience with these kits or types of engines I'm wondering what all your opinions are on the amount of crank shaft / rod play. See the video below, it's quite audible. I can't imagine this is normal, it seems like a lot of play to me. Almost like someone forgot to install a bearing.
Let me know what you guys think.
Thanks!
EDIT: I realize most of you do this as a hobby, but for me it's for essential reasons. Any recommendations / ideas with regards to reliability? I already have an NGK spark plug to pop in the engine once I'm out of the break-in period and a spare chain. I will be buying a hub adapter for the rear drive sprocket soon as well. Also added picture of bike.