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Old 10-09-2001, 08:02 AM
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Not only is there the issue of over reving on a bad downshift, but also, when this happens the crank is yanking on the bottom of the rod caps in effect trying to pull them off the rod as compared to the rods being pushed down onto the crank like normal when under power. Very Bad!!

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