PIRATEJOHN
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My beloved R1100GS, a/k/a the Robomantis, suddenly dumped about 1.5 quarts of oil on the ground over the weekend. After taking the factory skid plate off I was somewhere between amazed and horrified to find a crack in the aluminum that makes a semi-circle around the mounting for the centerstand.
Anyhow, I have never heard of one of these engines cracking like this. I don't recall hitting anything, although I guess that it's possible that I hit something in Mexico two years ago and it's just now coming to light, since the bike has mostly been in storage since then.
The engine runs and sounds great, so it's not like something internally came loose.
I am wondering if this thing can be spot welded to stop the crack from spreading, and then sealed up with something like JP Weld.
I kinda hate to scrap the engine out because at 90K miles it runs like a top. Too bad that it is now leaking like the Titanic after hitting that pesky iceberg.
Any thoughts?
--PirateJohn--
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Anyhow, I have never heard of one of these engines cracking like this. I don't recall hitting anything, although I guess that it's possible that I hit something in Mexico two years ago and it's just now coming to light, since the bike has mostly been in storage since then.
The engine runs and sounds great, so it's not like something internally came loose.
I am wondering if this thing can be spot welded to stop the crack from spreading, and then sealed up with something like JP Weld.
I kinda hate to scrap the engine out because at 90K miles it runs like a top. Too bad that it is now leaking like the Titanic after hitting that pesky iceberg.
Any thoughts?
--PirateJohn--
www.PirateJohn.com