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Marty ULC wrote:Ring peg has come out, left a deep gouge on the inlet side and looks like it's pushed the piston against the opposite wall of the barrel fusing the rings into their grooves.
Less than 3.5 thousand miles on the kit.

I feel your pain.had that happen on 2 kits in 12 months. 1 RT225 and the other, an Avanti TT which decided to go en route to the euro last year. Good luck getting it sorted

deep breaths Marty, as above we've all being there

Marty ULC wrote:Ring peg has come out, left a deep gouge on the inlet side and looks like it's pushed the piston against the opposite wall of the barrel fusing the rings into their grooves.
Less than 3.5 thousand miles on the kit.

I thought they had sorted the problem with ring pegs coming out, is yours an early kit?

I'm going to take it to a local bike shop to see if it's salvageable. Once we know the oversize where do I find the recommended piston to bore clearance for the kit?

coaster wrote:

Marty ULC wrote:Ring peg has come out, left a deep gouge on the inlet side and looks like it's pushed the piston against the opposite wall of the barrel fusing the rings into their grooves.
Less than 3.5 thousand miles on the kit.

I thought they had sorted the problem with ring pegs coming out, is yours an early kit?

Thought that was the RT kits, this is a GT.

Raveydavey wrote:

Marty ULC wrote:Ring peg has come out, left a deep gouge on the inlet side and looks like it's pushed the piston against the opposite wall of the barrel fusing the rings into their grooves.
Less than 3.5 thousand miles on the kit.

I feel your pain.had that happen on 2 kits in 12 months. 1 RT225 and the other, an Avanti TT which decided to go en route to the euro last year. Good luck getting it sorted

Yep. +1 Mine went on the way to the Euro last year as well. (Pro Porting 283 with a jet ski piston) trashed the piston, the barrel and the crank!!

So what about the original poster Kilsh 1968 ?. Is that problem fixed ?

CHRIS in MARGATE wrote:So what about the original poster Kilsh 1968 ?. Is that problem fixed ?

I was thinking the same thing Chris, I couldn't figure how we got from a 4th oversize Jet 200 to a buggered GT kit until I checked the posters names

How are we doing Kilsh, any further with it?

Sorry for the thread hijack.
I thought I had the same problem at first so didn't want to start a new thread for the same subject.

What kit?

Sorry... just seen it was a GT

Here's my RT after dropping a peg at the Derby150 last year. I'd had the kit since 2013 but the piston was newish and had only been in a year but was the old type. MB replaced the kit which I thought was excellent service... good luck...

IMG_8027 by Nick Wilde, on Flickr

Well just received getting myself together have bought new cdi new fast flow tap have new regulator and stator just got my mate to make room then we will have a look thanks for all help

Have changed stator tooknoff fast flow with warning and put fast flow and new fuel pipe on have new cdi but gonna try first scooter started first kick sounds sweet run nice just need to do a few miles and hopefully not get the blurrrrand stop keep u posted but you never can tell when it could happen

Result!

Good result but you'll never know which component was faulty now. Which one are you going to bin, or will you do what we all do and put them both in a drawer?

In the draw as don’t know if cured till the next time lol thanks men

The only think I’m not sure about when my mate rebuilt the engine it cut out first ride round the block could that lave been the new stator which ?or flow from the fast flow tap which I have replaced ??

Rode 15 miles times x2 ways today seemed fine on way back spluttered about a bit thought oh fuck then used the old foot on to reserve and seemed ok pulled in to station put 5-75 litres in at 3% fully Simfetic ok after that was that right to be on reserve with 2 litres left in tank ?? So still need to give it a longer run to see if she cuts out fingers crossed