Fixing my CT cylinder!!!!!!!!!!!
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I believe an email with links to this thread, and a quote of how many members on here are seeing this pure bullshit service they are giving you, and reference to we will all stand behind you and go with LA Sleeve from now on, unless they provide you a new cylinder should get them off their asses, lickety split, or they are just showing us they do not give 2 fugs
About us blaster owners anymore,
I will also start an email campaign when I get home later, one from everyone on here !
About us blaster owners anymore,
I will also start an email campaign when I get home later, one from everyone on here !
Blaner
Your Friendly South African Ambassador
Between this and the other thread I still haven't figured out who ported it, or was that just a casting flaw? Reguardless, should have gotten some kind of discount because cylinder was already on first overbore brand new.
Post up an e-mail addy, I'll send them something. To all that respond, don't be anal with your language, use your brain.
Post up an e-mail addy, I'll send them something. To all that respond, don't be anal with your language, use your brain.
I got this ct 240 kit back in oct of 2006 from ct racing and it has a trail port job on it from CT racing, when i got it i examined it and did NOT see this hole, then in oct of 2010 i did a compression test on it and it was low so it took it apart and found a .039 ring gap and this hole in it... So i called ct racing and Allen told me that the hole is insignificant and that the washer and acorn nut is designed to seal the port..... As you all can see the washer and acorn nut did not work for me...lol.. So i decided that after i got the cylinder bored out .25 over i was going to sleeve the hole because i think it will cause some unwanted turbulence....
I'd find someone that would tig weld it shut for you and then you can just smooth it out with a die grinder
i would get allen on the phone and demand a replacement cylinder!!! that is completely unacceptable in my book!
According to CT racing there is nothing wrong with the cylinder and the hole is insignificant and that the washer and acorn nut is designed to seal the port.....
I also thought about welding it and i do have some experience welding cast aluminum at work and it's very porous stuff and if you find a bad and or dirty spot in the cast it will make a mess in the weld, and you can clean the hell out of it and you still will find some dirt in it. It would be tricky to get my tig torch or my aluminum gun in there, and i may not be able to see what i'm doing but i could do it...lol
I DON'T like the idea of welding the little hole because it will become a massive hole, the aluminum around the hole is thin like aluminum foil and will melt, then i will have a massive aluminum patch that i will have to smooth out with a die grinder, and then drill the weld out of the stud hole, and then when im finished i will be wondering if i took to much aluminum out and if it will do it again...lol... I also dont like all the heat i would be putting to the cylinder, i dont know what kind of expansion, contraction or warpage may happen, and all that heat that close to the piston sleeve cant be good, and will probable put a hot spot in it that will discolor a spot on the sleeve close to the weld weld.... If i was going to put a new 240 sleeve in the cylinder i would think welding the hole is a good idea...
According to CT racing there is nothing wrong with the cylinder and the hole is insignificant and that the washer and acorn nut is designed to seal the port.....
I think your idea is as sound as can be, And better than CT's solution. I would try to insure that you get a snug fit with the collar, Similar to the main bearings, Would add to the sealing and reduce the likely hood that it could leak. Silicone or similar filled in the stud hole could be add for additional insurance.
absolute BS why do you think you had to redo the cylinder thats what I'd say to them only politely
im gonna have to disagree with you awk, on my old lt230 i pretty much had half of the clutch cover made of jb weld lol you just have to make sure you do it right and it holds up great
