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      02-18-2024, 12:25 AM   #77
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Originally Posted by Assimilator1 View Post
Used ones?

Interestingly, since I last posted here, I happened to see a Youtube video by M539 pulling a 103k miles S65 apart showing the main bearings!
And he also talks about an interesting theory as to why the No1 is so worn (the others much less so) and why that one is usually the one to go (when they do)(re twin timing chains).
Yea I found that theory of his interesting too. He claimed the S85 was less prone due to its timing chain setup and lesser tension or something like that. No one talks about it but I guess RBs aren't the last of the S65 being a ticking time bomb story...
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