BLOODRAGE Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 man you guys are making me paranoid,i have a hotrods trued and welded(used) stock stroke crank throwing 76mm pistons around,the last thing i need is for it to blow up. tdr told me you get what you pay for,and his opinion was to stay away from them knock off's.personally to me vito's is another knock off so i didnt even think of throwing one of those cranks in my build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheerider11 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 I've put my vitos through some serious abuse. How do you figure is a knock off?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroking Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) humm Edited May 24, 2012 by stroking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroking Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 tdr told me you get what you pay for,and his opinion was to stay away from them knock off's REALLY!?!? thats what he said huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLOODRAGE Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 easy,everyone knows vitos is junk lol half the time the shit dont fit(other parts) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroking Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 I've put my vitos through some serious abuse. How do you figure is a knock off?? the vito 4mils are some strong cranks...its the 10mil that people was having trouble with . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike0chek Posted May 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 you guys gotta remember that its the rods breaking most of the time, so i would bash to many cranks until you see them snap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajogejr Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Two of my buddies snapped the flywheel end off a twister crank. Not the rods, but the actual flywheel end. Interesting to pull off the ignition cover and have the flywheel laying there, stub and nut still on. Properly lapped, properly torqued and loc tite used. Say what you want about Vitos...I had an issue with mine and it was my fault. The bearing pin needs to be removed and a rubber oring put on it or bearing glue to keep it in the cases...otherwise, my old 10 mil Vitos crank is a rock. Wheelmanslim is still using it. Before that, I had a forged crankworks crank that I put thousands of passes on...and I got it used. If something sounds too cheap to be true, chances are it is.... I read a post about a professional small engine mechanic putting it together...and my thoughts are this. I'm sure he's fine putting together a Tecumseh or Briggs and straton, but that doesn't mean he's any better off than either of us. I wouldn't ask a dealer mechanic to be in a Nascar Pit... Wish you the best of luck...and that carnage sucks for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike0chek Posted May 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 not tryin to start an argument but he worked for yamaha so not a stranger to banshee motors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locogato11283 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 not tryin to start an argument but he worked for yamaha so not a stranger to banshee motors. So the janitor at Yamaha knows a Banshee motor inside and out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajogejr Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 not tryin to start an argument but he worked for yamaha so not a stranger to banshee motors. Gotcha and understood...didn't mean to start anything either. Tyler was the janitor at the local sperm bank...and look how far he's....come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stokes77 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Now I'm no detective, but by the crack in the piston and with how well that rod fits in there. And how the arrow on the piston is facing backwards, it would appear you assembled the motor wrong.... Exactly what I was thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandmanPNW Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Should have let somebody who knows what they are doing slap that piece together. Looks like you better start saving up for a new motor. I love Jeffro's sig, "you can go broke trying to save a dollar" Classic example right here fellas. CLASSIC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheerider11 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Exactly what I was thinking. Is that really exactly what you were thinking? He just beat you to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike0chek Posted May 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 just spoke to kev on the phone, sending my cyl to him for repairs and will be getiing new parts from him at his cost. i just want it running again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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