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Old 07-03-2010 | 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by wsummers
we tried everything . finally checked the last thing possible as suggested by local racers . we put the piston at top dead center and removed the back plate and as suspected by the local racers the back bottom of the piston has a chunk missing causing the motor to lean . the piece was ground up by the motor causing other internal problems . we really liked the power and smoothness of the b6 . we ran the b5 tonight , it ran great as always. great motors we must have just got a bad one . would still recommend the b6 as a top choice . Thanks for all the suggestions you guys are a great help .

The only way that the back bottom of the piston skirt can get a chunk broken out of it is really by not having the piston at top dead center when removing the back plate. Is it possible that this happened?

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Ron
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