new member in scotland

[biggee47]

another newbie up in Scotland , also with crankshaft problems.Had my 55 A7ss out for its first run of the year two weeks ago and managed to run the big end. a real shame as its never had the bottom end apart in years, 47K miles and was still on standard journals .
Ive stripped it and sent the crank to SEP in kegworth, as ive used them in the past for crank rebuilds on dare i say it Tr...phs!
Used this bike last year for the manx rally and have booked again for august. so the clock is ticking.

[muskrat]

G'day rustynuts, WD will fix that, welcome to the forum.
Cheers

[bsa-bill]

Hi there rusty nuts

as its never had the bottom end apart in years, 47K miles and was still on standard journals .

time enough for a sludge trap to fill if the bike was used regular, you don't say what the mileage is.

Here's hoping you get it back and running in time

[biggee47]

bike had done 47000 on the standard crank, had replacement shells some years ago , but no regrind. When i pulled one of the sludge traps i was surprised that it wasnt blocked and in fact was more part filled with the alloy coloured oil that had been circulating whilst the l/h shell and journal destroyed themselves. The timing side bush has also worn  so at a guess im thinking thats the cause , lost oil pressure and then an oil starved big end. he ho. all makes for work in the shed.