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Old 05-20-2011, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by vstech View Post
ahhh.

if the chain let go on the highway, likely the valves/head/pistons are toast. that's a LOT of revolutions with metal touching metal...

But if the chain called it quits wouldn't the valves just retract right into place? They, the valves, are very vertical so, we hope, the crank kept going while the valves sat in their seat?... a wild hope of course because I've never heard of such a thing.
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