weefek
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Put the bottom end together with the new SKS bearings and seals.
The seals I ordered from Amazon for like 10$ a set were not very good quality at all. I ended up ordering some OEM seals from motorizedbycicle.ca (where I got my engine kits) and they are the same ones that came on the engine, but they look a lot better than the originals, and we're like $1 or $2 a piece. I will take pictures of both and post tomorrow. Regardless I used the "OEM" replacement ones instead of the random ones I ordered off amazon (they looked terrible).
Still looking for a better replacement for stock seals, I've got a few leads to a few sites and I think I may try them in the future, although they aren't the 100% oem sizes (if they can be trusted).
Lubed EVERYTHING up with slurry mix of 2 stroke and vaseline because I don't know how long this engine is going to sit before I end up installing it.
Ended up having issues with the clutch bearings / clutch shaft seating properly so I removed it from one side for the time being. Sanding down surfaces (15.02 to 14.98) (haven't measured outer bearing surfaces yet) After mating both case surfaces one of the clutch bearings got pushed slightly out on one side which was causing binding. Not playing around with that. Once I get the tolerances a little better it'll go back together (probabably this weekend).
The paper towel is just to stop the rod from clanking around.
The seals I ordered from Amazon for like 10$ a set were not very good quality at all. I ended up ordering some OEM seals from motorizedbycicle.ca (where I got my engine kits) and they are the same ones that came on the engine, but they look a lot better than the originals, and we're like $1 or $2 a piece. I will take pictures of both and post tomorrow. Regardless I used the "OEM" replacement ones instead of the random ones I ordered off amazon (they looked terrible).
Still looking for a better replacement for stock seals, I've got a few leads to a few sites and I think I may try them in the future, although they aren't the 100% oem sizes (if they can be trusted).
Lubed EVERYTHING up with slurry mix of 2 stroke and vaseline because I don't know how long this engine is going to sit before I end up installing it.
Ended up having issues with the clutch bearings / clutch shaft seating properly so I removed it from one side for the time being. Sanding down surfaces (15.02 to 14.98) (haven't measured outer bearing surfaces yet) After mating both case surfaces one of the clutch bearings got pushed slightly out on one side which was causing binding. Not playing around with that. Once I get the tolerances a little better it'll go back together (probabably this weekend).
The paper towel is just to stop the rod from clanking around.