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In my case, the rubber oring from the site cover (clutch )
fell in the sump (they asume, it happened in the fectory ) and got in the drive gear of the water pump. Shaved about a 1/4 of an inch of that drive gear.
It was still functioning, but it's not a safe situation. You know what happened, when the pump fails. It was repaired and covered by Ducati. Well bike was under warranty still. He was saying, something like 5 hours labor. Lol , it was in July. 5 weeks waiting.
At least, you would have plenty of time to do this.
Good luck
fell in the sump (they asume, it happened in the fectory ) and got in the drive gear of the water pump. Shaved about a 1/4 of an inch of that drive gear.
It was still functioning, but it's not a safe situation. You know what happened, when the pump fails. It was repaired and covered by Ducati. Well bike was under warranty still. He was saying, something like 5 hours labor. Lol , it was in July. 5 weeks waiting.
At least, you would have plenty of time to do this.
Good luck
I've just oil changed a 2012 Panigale with 7000 km on it and found the same small, brown plastic tabs, 6 of them. The engine is raced, and it's been in my care since day one, with oil changes every 1500 km. Never had a trace of crap in the oil before, and I scrutinise the oil carefully like a gold miner panning for gold with every oil change.
I'm stripping another engine fully, but doubt if I'll have time to open this one before testing tomorrow at Barcelona.
It's damn annoying....
I'm stripping another engine fully, but doubt if I'll have time to open this one before testing tomorrow at Barcelona.
It's damn annoying....
Race engine with an oil change every 1500km no bueno
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First service 1299s. Ceramic teeth off one if the gears in the timing side of the engine. Good tech found them in the oil. Current bike stripped and awaiting reply from Ducati. Anyone else had this issue or heard of it. The bike was run in correctly.
What?
I endurance race Ducatis. That's 3500 km in one go. I'm not going to oil change the bike during the race.
1500 km is also roughly a full weekend of racing, with free practice, qualifying, warm-up and two races when we're in sprint mode. If modern oil doesn't stand up to 1500 km, then there is a major problem with the oil.
I'm still looking for the reason the rod shells gave up the ghost. The oil pump shaft sometimes snaps, but ours was perfect. I'm testing the fuel and oil, because we're forced to run fuel supplied by the circuit, and I wonder if I wasn't getting some detonation which hammered the rod bearings.
One of my 1199's with 15,000 race km on it and no strip-down...yet...still coughs up plastic bits despite having the bellypan removed every oil change for inspection and cleaning of the strainer. Very annoying.
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1299 first service and tech going ceramic timing gear teeth in the sump
Run in as supposed to and no evidence while riding the bike. Needless to say warranty fix involved a strip , all new timing sprockets and endoscopy of the rest of the engine to ensure no other damage. Dealer were flawless in sorting.
Run in as supposed to and no evidence while riding the bike. Needless to say warranty fix involved a strip , all new timing sprockets and endoscopy of the rest of the engine to ensure no other damage. Dealer were flawless in sorting.
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WSBK run metal gears instead of plastic, do they sell them to the public?
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It's on YouTube racing team doing a clutch cover change over
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