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Sunday, July 29, 2012

[DucatiST] Bottom end rebuild

 

Hello All,

My '98 ST2 with 58k miles is letting me know that it is looking for some intimate attention. After finding sizeable aluminum dandruff in the oil after 2 oil changes, I think I need to put a steel galley plug in the crank. I plan on changing the main, camshaft, and clutch bearings as well as decarbonize the head and pistons while I am in there.

 
Could anyone offer me their experience with this? Are there tricks to splitting the cases, setting endfloat? Is there something else I should check while I am in there? Oh, and I am soon to be be w/o a job, so time is much less of a factor than money - I gotta do it on the cheap.

Many thanks, 
Justin in SF, CA

Here are some pretty good interweb resources I have found thus far:

http://www.mightymedia.com.au/~bigiain/monster_jigsaw/

http://www.ducati.ms/forums/77-sport-classic/115359-main-bearing-crank-preload.html

http://www.ducati.ms/forums/11-ducati-motorcycle-chat/97478-engine-bearing-numbers.html

http://www.ducatitech.com/2v/maint/rebuild/index.html#PARTS

http://www.ducatimonster.org/forums/tech/109643-alternatives-unavailable-overpriced-oem-maintenance-repair-parts.html

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