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by jaybird
Tue Oct 08, 2013 7:17 am
Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
Topic: Ace 90 piston size identification
Replies: 4
Views: 2707

Re: Ace 90 piston size identification

That's the information I needed, Paul. Thanks very much. I'll take the cylinder to a machine shop now and see what size piston it will need after it's bored out enough to clean it up.

Tom
by jaybird
Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:40 pm
Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
Topic: Ace 90 piston size identification
Replies: 4
Views: 2707

Re: Ace 90 piston size identification

Thanks for the info. I guess I should let a machine shop tell me what size piston I need too. I just thought that there might be some mark on this piston to tell me whether it's the original (factory-stock) size or not.

Tom
by jaybird
Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:22 pm
Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
Topic: Ace 90 piston size identification
Replies: 4
Views: 2707

Ace 90 piston size identification

I've torn down my Ace 90's engine for rebuild, and I'm trying to find out what size piston it has. The bore is no longer round, the ring end-gap is about a quarter of an inch, and the piston is scuffed up and grooved, so I'll have to rebore and go oversize on the piston. Trouble is, I can't tell wha...
by jaybird
Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:17 pm
Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
Topic: Ace 100 gears in an Ace 90 case?
Replies: 9
Views: 4060

Re: Ace 100 gears in an Ace 90 case?

Thanks Jack. I'm no machinist, so I'll probably end up sticking with the four-speed.

I'm still curious to know what has to be done to make a 5-speed fit.

Tom
by jaybird
Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:03 am
Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
Topic: Ace 100 gears in an Ace 90 case?
Replies: 9
Views: 4060

Ace 100 gears in an Ace 90 case?

My Ace 90 has started making a terrible clatter in the gearbox. It sometimes shifts with a crash, and the transmission now rattles in every gear at one throttle setting or another. Therefore, it's time to split the cases and see what's going on in there. As long as I'm going in there, I wonder if it...