Hedge, that is something I was not expecting. I haven't heard of a factory bore being so out of spec that it binds up the bearings. What mikenva was saying totally makes sense though. Sounds like your engine hit the factory mill around quitting time on a Friday.
At least you have your engine at a machine shop that looks like they have what it takes to do a proper job of it. Olsen has some nice toys in his shop. This is really something your average bike owner should not have to deal with. I'm wondering how many more engine cases are out there that are on the verge and a problem like overheating will lock them up as well.
The day is coming though that you will get your engine back and the crank will turn as it should. Then you can get back to the task of assembly. Looking forward to that.
The trouble is that the holes where not bored right at triumph.
Or the case bores are done with a cnc mill one half at a time and something went wrong with the mill.(a lot of new stuff is done this way but I don't like it.ether way the holes are lined up there just out of round so they need to be honed round all at the same time a sunnen machine can do this if the guy has the right tooling.
I read that and I'm thinking, that is just so wrong. This method of machining can introduce all kinds of problems. Question is, do they match case halves before milling each one and then pair them up again? If so, did the factory mix up the case halves? Were the cutting bits at the end of service? Who the hell knows? We will never get answers to this.
I just think it is wrong to use this method to machine any case bores. All this just to save time on assembling and disassembling again. Quality within acceptable tolerances lol. I'm with you on this mike. I don't like it.