I think maximum service life was reached... LOL

[82F100SWB]

I finally got around to digging into my second 026, it was supposedly a good runner, but had parted ways with a snowmobile sleigh and the rear handle met a tree at speed. The first one was the parts donor which needed a piston thanks to a gorilla with a piston stop...
I had dumped some gas down the carb and fired this one, but I hadn't really looked close at it until I pulled the broken handle off last night... Noticed something a little odd when I rolled it over, severe amount of rocking in the piston.
I'm honestly not sure how this hadn't already self destructed.

 

[Whiskers]

Good save, a busted skirt waiting to happen.

 

[schmauster]

Getting pretty thin... Wonder if the piston was unbalanced from the beginning with that uneven wear on the skirts. Cat or dog hair? All my projects look the same.. a little hair never hurt anything

 

[FishNJ]

I pulled one out of an 036 that was almost a knife edge at the bottom of the exhaust side.


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[82F100SWB]

Ran ino two snowmobiles in my home shop this winter with similar wear; one was just plain miles, but the other was a severe lean but not quite burn down lean condition.

This was after 1500 miles with a performance kit that included a y-pipe, reeds and a fuel programmer that was set to pull 4% of fuel from 7750-8500, so right in peak power. The other side came apart...

As for the hair, the white is from my boy Bud.

47 pounds of husky/whippet sled dog. Brown, that would be our pup who was supposedly husky/collie/German Shepherd, but it seems his dad was more St. Bernard than German Shepherd. 90lbs and not quite 9 months...

 

[Rx7man]

a poorly lubed or tight wrist pin would put a lot of wear on the skirt as well