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Cracked cylinder

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ktmdude:
You nailed it, two cracks on the intake in the same spot as you. I am not to worried about having them repaired, it seams straight forward. At the web where it becomes part if the "sleeve" (it is a stock sleeveless cylinder) there it two long cracks on the web not the "sleeve". I don't see how someone can fit a tig torch in that small of area. Please let me know if anyone has had a repair like this done. Does anyone know the correct word so I can stop saying "sleeve"? Sorry for not having pics, I am lame with computers. My uncle called LA Sleeve, they said that they can fix it, but my uncle has not seen the cracks, so I know that they don't know where the cracks are. Has anybody had any experience with LA Sleeve, good, bad, or indifferent?
Thanks.

ktmdude:
Here are the pics of the cracks

ktmdude:
Last I read somewhere that cracks in this spot is common in k5s. Anyone had anything similar. Can it be fixed?

BDI:
Cracks are very common and can be fixed good. I would say the cracks you have there are uncommon and catastrophic. I would scrap that jug.

bob larry:
Get a base pan and fill it with sand...makes a great ash tray.

Buy a used one and get it plated here....

http://www.maxrpms.net/shop/index.php/extra-nav/plating-repair.html

or  you can get a brand new one for around $550.
Factory plating isn't as good though.

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