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  • Rob S.
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    Past Site Supporter
    • Dec 2013
    • 9393
    • New York City
    #1

    Welded crank?

    My engine # is glommed over with black paint, but as near as I can make it out it is:

    _ _ X-150971

    Any way to know if my 1100EZ crank is welded?
    1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

    2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.
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    • rapidray
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      GSResource Superstar
      • Oct 2006
      • 8195
      • So Cal
      #2
      Not without pulling the clutch basket & looking. Ray.

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        • Guest
          #3
          Stator cover...................
          Ray
          So they did weld some small end cranks?
          Last edited by Guest; 02-16-2014, 04:19 PM.

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            • rapidray
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              GSResource Superstar
              • Oct 2006
              • 8195
              • So Cal
              #4
              Yes, late in 82 to cure the twisting problem. Some late 82s also had large left ends on them. More were welded small ends than large end 82s though. Ray.

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                • Rob S.
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                  • Dec 2013
                  • 9393
                  • New York City
                  #5
                  Twist risk?

                  If my 1100EZ is stock except for APE pods and V&H exhaust and I have a heavy hand on the throttle and occasionally red line it, what is the risk of twisting the crank (if that's the correct term)?
                  1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

                  2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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                    • Guest
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Rob S.
                      If my 1100EZ is stock except for APE pods and V&H exhaust and I have a heavy hand on the throttle and occasionally red line it, what is the risk of twisting the crank (if that's the correct term)?
                      You're fine
                      Don't put a big block on it even though I ran an 1166 kit with an 80 motor with oversized valves and a street port. Not a problem. Seems they twist young or not at all. (Stock)

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                        • bonanzadave
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                          • Jul 2006
                          • 9623
                          • Minnesota
                          #7
                          Originally posted by chef1366
                          Seems they twist young or not at all. (Stock)
                          Mine did it at about 6 months (1982). Im pretty sure I had never taken it to red line. That day i fired it up, ran about 5-6 miles at 30-45mph. Rolled out to the main road, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, blaaaaaaaa. I knew right away something was wrong.
                          82 1100 EZ (red)

                          "You co-opting words of KV only thickens the scent of your BS. A thief and a putter-on of airs most foul. " JEEPRUSTY

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                            • jimb12
                              #8
                              My 1100EZ was 2/82 production date and the crankshaft twisted.

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