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some bottom end questions

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tschisi:
Are you sure the vesrah conrods are better than the hotrods?
The hotrods? packaging says it?s double forged...

kwakman:
I once asked the collective on here about the heat traces but to a man all said thats ok. your cases sound ok if you cant slip bearings in or out, but the hotrods rod is not a good plan.there have been reports of their k5 application not being too clever.I would absolutely not compromise with this.if you can't get a kwak rod, the vesrah is japanese and forged, and I have found no reports of problems with them, and vesrah are an oem supplier.PRO-X rods are supposedly oe quality, but there not forged.and as for double forging,once ought to be enough.my 5 quids worth.K.

tschisi:
I see.
I managed to order a vesrah, don?t want to risk anything...

For now, only two questions are not really answered for me.

1:
Would you replace only the one gearwheel with the pitting or both?
Some of you posted to replace the wheel, did you mean also the "second wheel"?
(They are very expensive...)




2:
Motorrad explained to freeze the crank with the jig inserted.
Is it a problem to freeze the crank without a jig?

kwakman:
I would do them both.you can see marks on the 'good' one caused by the bad one.it is possible to do the crank without a jig, but after going to so much trouble getting everything just 'so', would you want to tweak the crank whilst putting it in? Believe me, you arent the only person on here who asks themself whether the cost is worth the benefit, I know my answer, you're the only one who can decide yours.Keep at it, the smile when the pipe note changes and the bars go light before the poo and giggles come out will make the hassle, expense, and going to sleep thinking about port timing worth it in the end.Or I'm in deep, deep sh%t. :wink:

tschisi:
Well, the thing is that i don?t see marks on the good one, i?ll check the price..

I?m planning to use the heat/freeze method for the right crank side (should just slide in?!), and an installer tool for the left side, so i don?t really understand how it could be tweaked?!

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