Recent content by Keaton85

Here is the damage: 350hrs, dropped valve.

It's a needle bearing, the big end is the ball bearing, yet the Yanmar original has a bushing. My thought was to replace the needle bearing with either one with an inner race, or a complete ball bearing. The RPM rating only has to be 1800RPM, thus, its more about the pressure applied to that...

Thanks! That's what I figured when I read through this topic, I just wanted to check if I missed something. I actually have a running "8.5Kw" Chinese diesel, and an original Winco 5.5Kw with a Yanmar L100 with unknown hours. This unit I just stripped down was one that did not get enough or...

Looking over this topic i could not find i formation about helping camshaft needle bearing wear. This seems to be a common issue with these engines as pictured by others. What are some doing to mitigate the wear on the camshaft at the needle bearing? I just stripped down one of these due to a...