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Crankcase seals ... anyone?

 
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steff_dk



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 5:28 pm    Post subject: Crankcase seals ... anyone? Reply with quote

So I found myself reading this article again, and found mention of crankcase issues added to it in 2013:

odd-bike.com wrote:

Ed. Note December 2013 - Since writing this piece in 2012 I've learned that the main problem with the V-Due is improper crankcase sealing due to flaws in the crankcase castings, not simply a wonky fuel injection setup. You can fix a V-Due! Bob Steinbugler at Bimota Spirit offers newly manufactured crankcases that fix this issue and allow you to rebuild the V-Due into the screaming sport weapon it was meant to be. If only Bimota had known...


Has anyone experienced these issues with their bike?
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EYREY1



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i will be pressure testing mine before fitting it back in the bike
just to make sure , last person to build my engine did use a lot of red hematite on the crank case halfs
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Crankcase seals ... anyone? Reply with quote

steff_dk wrote:
So I found myself reading this article again, and found mention of crankcase issues added to it in 2013:

odd-bike.com wrote:

Ed. Note December 2013 - Since writing this piece in 2012 I've learned that the main problem with the V-Due is improper crankcase sealing due to flaws in the crankcase castings, not simply a wonky fuel injection setup. You can fix a V-Due! Bob Steinbugler at Bimota Spirit offers newly manufactured crankcases that fix this issue and allow you to rebuild the V-Due into the screaming sport weapon it was meant to be. If only Bimota had known...


Has anyone experienced these issues with their bike?


I suppose that all depends what age the injection bike he had ?
The later bikes and reworked bikes have different crank case's anyway , so is it the early bikes that had the issue only ?

If you go to see Piero he has creates of NOS casings that he says are scrap.
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steff_dk



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 8:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Crankcase seals ... anyone? Reply with quote

vort28 wrote:

I suppose that all depends what age the injection bike he had ?
The later bikes and reworked bikes have different crank case's anyway , so is it the early bikes that had the issue only ?

If you go to see Piero he has creates of NOS casings that he says are scrap.


Okay - didn't know the crankcases changed on the later bikes - cheers Stu Wink
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