Ive been slacking a bit on updates, but I have still been tinkering around on this thing. I pulled the motor out and finally got the side cases (that a previous owner had graciously decided to use jb weld as "gasket material") pulled off, beit with a good amount of grunts, bloody knuckles and ez outs since ever single phillips head had been rounded off. What I found when I drained the oil was a highly undesirable paste of goo and metal shaving, along with a little more goo, and just when I thought I had found it all, more metal shavings.
Now, after a little bit of google-fu and some forum reading, ive found that these little tw lumps are notorious for shedding metal shavings, and there is a hippy esqe attitude in "the tw200 groups" of shavings are fine, just run it, but even so, there seemed to me an obnoxious amount of them. I figured no time like the present to dig in and see where they are coming from. I wasn't planning on splitting the cases, but I guess plans change. Upon removing the inspection cover for the cam chain, I had a "well theres your problem" moment. The engine was pretty obviously starved of oil at some point and the aluminum cam bushing had been eaten away.
To remedy this I will need source a roller bearing and a new cam. Its been done before and documented, so hopefully wont be to big of a deal.
Also, here is the expected pic of parts piling up for the build![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Now, after a little bit of google-fu and some forum reading, ive found that these little tw lumps are notorious for shedding metal shavings, and there is a hippy esqe attitude in "the tw200 groups" of shavings are fine, just run it, but even so, there seemed to me an obnoxious amount of them. I figured no time like the present to dig in and see where they are coming from. I wasn't planning on splitting the cases, but I guess plans change. Upon removing the inspection cover for the cam chain, I had a "well theres your problem" moment. The engine was pretty obviously starved of oil at some point and the aluminum cam bushing had been eaten away.
To remedy this I will need source a roller bearing and a new cam. Its been done before and documented, so hopefully wont be to big of a deal.
Also, here is the expected pic of parts piling up for the build
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