After breaking my crankshaft, I finally got a new one and what is supposed to be the correct piston for it.
I got my whole engine back together, but before I could even install it, I noticed that the piston was hitting the head. I wasn't too worried about this because I could always add some extra head gaskets(that kinda stinks though), but then I noticed that the piston always covers the intake!
For those of you who haven't seen any of my other threads, I have a RAW motor with a broken crankshaft. RAW doesn't make their own motors anymore, and they don't sell the original crankshaft with the ZAF 60 connecting rod. Because of this, I had to settle for a crankshaft from Kings with a Z-L rod and I had to buy a piston with a lower wrist pin hole.
I really don't understand this.
I thought I got the right thing, but how the heck can the piston never clear the intake? It's not like there was a significant length difference between the old connecting rod and the new one. I expected maybe a little overlap but this is just ridiculous! I don't even have an obscure jug or anything like that, as far as I know.
Do I need to just buy a whole new motor to be able to finally ride again? I'm tired of buying parts to rebuild, only to discover that nothing works like it used to.
I got my whole engine back together, but before I could even install it, I noticed that the piston was hitting the head. I wasn't too worried about this because I could always add some extra head gaskets(that kinda stinks though), but then I noticed that the piston always covers the intake!
For those of you who haven't seen any of my other threads, I have a RAW motor with a broken crankshaft. RAW doesn't make their own motors anymore, and they don't sell the original crankshaft with the ZAF 60 connecting rod. Because of this, I had to settle for a crankshaft from Kings with a Z-L rod and I had to buy a piston with a lower wrist pin hole.
I really don't understand this.
I thought I got the right thing, but how the heck can the piston never clear the intake? It's not like there was a significant length difference between the old connecting rod and the new one. I expected maybe a little overlap but this is just ridiculous! I don't even have an obscure jug or anything like that, as far as I know.
Do I need to just buy a whole new motor to be able to finally ride again? I'm tired of buying parts to rebuild, only to discover that nothing works like it used to.