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    RD LC crank or part of

    farking strokers... Ok Im in need of my 3rd crank for a RD 350LC
    If any one can help or knows someone that can help that would be mint thanks.
    Crank or the left end (fly wheel end) needs to be in usable condition

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    Quote Originally Posted by dangerous View Post
    farking strokers... Ok Im in need of my 3rd crank for a RD 350LC
    If any one can help or knows someone that can help that would be mint thanks.
    Crank or the left end (fly wheel end) needs to be in usable condition

    cheers DD
    Hmm, check if a RZ crank is the same - be easier to get. I know LC ods are 1mm narrower on the big ends so the centres are different, unless you trim the pins.

    You can makee a RZ crank fit LC cases with luck and work.. Seen it done, never done it.
    I have an RZ250 crank, but that end is stuffed with a munted key. What is wrong with yours - a good specialist welder cna repair the keyways.
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    The LC cranks can be made to fit RZ cases and vice versa but it's not a simple swap. Crank parts are still available.
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    Im onto it D , I let you know how i get on, We need a rematch mate ! I have 2 LC engines in bits on my bench too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion View Post
    The LC cranks can be made to fit RZ cases and vice versa but it's not a simple swap. Crank parts are still available.
    I have got my cases apart and a old LC and RZ crank, Having a measure and think about how to to it .
    You can buy new HotRod RZ/Banshee cranks(also in 4mm stroker) from the states, Good time too as well with the good exchange rate

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    Quote Originally Posted by RDjase View Post
    You can buy new HotRod RZ/Banshee cranks(also in 4mm stroker) from the states, Good time too as well with the good exchange rate
    It's been done before and although more expensive first time around because of the crankcase machining and the purchasing of a new crank would probably be the best thing to do for longevity, patching up with used bits will probably just lead the same failure again
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion View Post
    The LC cranks can be made to fit RZ cases and vice versa but it's not a simple swap. Crank parts are still available.
    I dont have the know how or time to try and mix RZ with RD.

    crank 'parts' are NOT availble however compleat crank asembles are at $1500 and that I can not afford certinly be the way to go tho.

    Quote Originally Posted by RDjase View Post
    I have got my cases apart and a old LC and RZ crank, Having a measure and think about how to to it .
    You can buy new HotRod RZ/Banshee cranks(also in 4mm stroker) from the states, Good time too as well with the good exchange rate
    So the banshee cranks are the same as a RZ hence they dont fit straight in? what are they worth?

    Quote Originally Posted by geoffm View Post
    What is wrong with yours
    the crank has worn badly around the left main and seal, a air leak is inevitable as the surface is very unevin.
    My last crank blew the other end but im buggered if I know were I left it as the end I need is ok on that one, it may have gone in the Ling bargin bin of bits n pieces?
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    Steve was talking about making up RD ones as well. Maybe worth an ask.

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    There is a bit about making RZs fit RD but would need to read up on LC forum etc before attempting.

    If it all comes to that I happen to have a rebuilt low mileage RZ350 crank drenched in oil in a plastic bag in the garage that I was intending to sell one day. Probably along with my oversize ported YPVS barrels. They fetch good money from US Banshee guys wanting the update
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    The RZ crank is slightly wider, crankcase have to machined for the extra width
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    Quote Originally Posted by dangerous View Post
    I dont have the know how or time to try and mix RZ with RD.

    crank 'parts' are NOT availble however compleat crank asembles are at $1500 and that I can not afford certinly be the way to go tho.



    So the banshee cranks are the same as a RZ hence they dont fit straight in? what are they worth?

    ..

    RD-LC (not YPVS, though they have those too) crank webs are available from these dudes, price around $120 + freight . (also conrods, bearings etc for ditto).

    However , looking at the picture of the web, it appears that it does not include the actual sticky out shaft bit . If that is a press in fitment you could probably get one machined up here in NZ for not a huge amount.

    Banshee is essentially an RZ without the YPVS (go figure) . I think the diemnsions are the same as the RZ , not the RD . I also seem to remember that there is some minor difference in the end shafts (different genny? water pump? can't remember). It's not a drop in fit for the RD-LC.
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    Quote Originally Posted by skidmark
    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer

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    Ixion that is a crank inner web, because the pin is part of the casting that is what usually wears through the hardening and needs to be replaced as a unit. Dangerous needs an outer web, or he could have the old one hard chromed and reground

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    Check this stuff out

    http://www.stanstephens.com/ypvs350.htm

    http://www.hotrodsproducts.com/index...r=&enter=Go%21

    http://www.wiseco.com/Catalogs/ATV.aspx

    http://www.pro-x.com/eng/default.htm

    The Pro-x site i cant get the link to LC parts on here (same with wiseco for banshee), you will have too search on there to find it in Online catalouge,
    There is a agent in NZ for there (pro-x) parts

    http://www.motoxparts.co.nz/

    My PC dont like the motox parts site , will have a look on a work PC

    These more stuff if you have a browse around the sites from there home pages too

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    How do you get on with buying parts from the USA? when do you start paying duty and taxes? If i buy 3 sets of mains and seals , will i pay duty or should i buy the parts in separate orders?

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    Always look at the obvious place first. Left hand crank part for 1984 350 still available from Yamaha part no 20353-001 about $US100. So does this crank part fit your shaft ?
    Quote Originally Posted by skidmark
    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion View Post
    Always look at the obvious place first. Left hand crank part for 1984 350 still available from Yamaha part no 20353-001 about $US100. So does this crank part fit your shaft ?
    I have all the part numbers of the cranks and parts for LC and RZ at home, I will have a look tonight to see if the crank outers are the same between LC and RZ
    I dont think the USA got LCs( and in the UK thay are all RD YPVS, 83 RZ is a RD350LC2 over there). They only got RZs later on(85 or 86) with catalitic converters....... Yuk

    They part daigrams dont crank webs available sepratatly , looks like they come with both centre mains ,labarinth seal and both crank web/pins.

    I havnt found ant labarith seals listed any where, Maybe i havnt looked hard enough lol

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