make sure they're megacycles!! buy me a few while you're at it. i expect flakes at every service interval. i'll take 2-3 of yours if you don't mind in the meantime. =PNamor said:i changed my oil today, part of the flywheel removal process, looked at the filter screen..(hold your breath) there were beutiful silver/chrome flakes. i thinks it a boy.
in a couple months i'll post pics of my shredded rockers. in the mean time i'll buy up 16 of em. btw its a 9 year old 748
blade625CT said:even two valve rockers flake.![]()
All 16? Unless they are all bad I wouldn't waste my money. Usually the openers need changing the others can wait.Namor said:i changed my oil today, part of the flywheel removal process, looked at the filter screen..(hold your breath) there were beutiful silver/chrome flakes. i thinks it a boy.
in a couple months i'll post pics of my shredded rockers. in the mean time i'll buy up 16 of em. btw its a 9 year old 748
You would think by 15K you would have escaped the dreaded flakers curse. Doing all those miles filled with flaking rocker anxiety syndrome and just when you thought it was safe to go on another ride, then BAM...need mental and financial help... Actually the condition should be recognized as a legitimate psychological ailment. I wonder if Psychology Today would be interested?color-rado said:what scares me about this is you could go 15k miles and never see a flake then BAM..... need work...
i know but somethin is telling me i'll need many of them, 16 was dramatical work, i'm guessing on 8.John said:All 16? Unless they are all bad I wouldn't waste my money. Usually the openers need changing the others can wait.
while I have a lot of respect for Guy Martin (MBP), I haven't seen impartial data to say that his plating is better than the flakey BCM replates I've seen, the flakey Ducati ones I've seen....but I can say that my Megacycles had 8500 track miles and no sign of wear. I've seen megacycle rockers with over 20k miles and no visible wear.Synergy said:"make sure they're megacycles!!"
MBP also has a good process for recoating the rockers. Ive heard better than Megacycle. I will be using MBP's in my heads.
Perfect reason to insure that you, or whomever checks your valves, pulls the cams and visually checks the rockers. Just checking valve lash won't tell you anything until it's way too late.color-rado said:what scares me about this is you could go 15k miles and never see a flake then BAM..... need work...