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    2001 Johnson 3 cyl - bottom piston rod bearing melted

    Thanks for all the bad news gentlemen! But your experience and honesty is why I'm on this forum. :cool: I hate to send you the next pictures. -Looks like the leaf valve on the leaf plate assembly has a larger gap (1/8") on the damaged cylinder that the other 2 leaf plates. I'm assuming this...
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    2001 Johnson 3 cyl - bottom piston rod bearing melted

    Yes, I agree with others, that the crank can't be used as is. Racerone, here's a picture of the overheated journal on the crank. The machine shop I'm going to said they can probably repair it, but they haven't seen it yet.:confused: Any comments on them repairing this? Hoping they can since...
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    2001 Johnson 3 cyl - bottom piston rod bearing melted

    Maybe we are having a bit of a disconnect on the term "melted". I'm going to add a photo to this thread so we can all see the damage to the head and bearing. I call this "melted", but others may say it is "damaged". I'm sure there are much worse cases than mine.
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    2001 Johnson 3 cyl - bottom piston rod bearing melted

    The connecting rod bearing on a 1991 Johnson J70PLSIS has melted and I'm attempting to determine why it failed. Seems it could be multitude of possibilities. I'm hoping someone has experience to help me narrow the reason down from my findings. After dismantling the never taken apart power head...
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