Friendly UPS guy left this on my doorstep:
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OK it's sad that this is one of my best pics in this thread, but this
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was inside. Note how the P.O. neglected to drain ALL the oil from the transmission cavity. Fortunately UPS took care of it for me during shipping.
Pulling off random parts, I came upon the (restricted) variator. Hooray!! It was an "S", not an "SR" model. My theory was that such engines would have suffered less abuse. However what the heck did they do to make the variator look like this?:
![Image](http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1409/e4wornvariator.jpg)
Perhaps an unsuccessful attempt to emulate the Harley people and convert it to a Chain Drive! Note Nifty stock belt, now worn to 14.5mm. Also note how little excursion the belt had on the fixed drive pulley. That's one reason why the Ses don't exceed 25MPH.
The cases were grungy, nasty, covered in dirty oil and grease. Just like I like 'em!:
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Harbor Freight Puller served twice last night. Once to pull the alternator flywheel:
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And again to pull the right crank half (sorry no pic
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If I could take a pic that's worth a lick, you could see the finely-ground pieces of metal representing the right crank bearing balls missing on the right side. So much for my theory that S models are less-abused...
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And so the cases are whisked away to Festus, my friendly Honda-san Parts Cleaner. I'll check the crank for true, plumb and level before I decide whether or not to use it. Anybody got a cheap Mini-Stroker for sale. I can make you a deal on a restrictor plate...
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