Dropped An 87mm barrel, will it still work?

[rbucklin]

Slipped out of my hand while oiling the liner, busted the skirt.

Will this liner still work or do I have to buy a new set?

[Matthew]

You can buy a single from aircooled.net. You’ll feel better about doing that than trying to use the busted one.
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[Glenn]

Replace it, there could be stress fractures you're not seeing.

Last thing you want is to be driving down the road and hear BANG.
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[vwracerdave]

There are a few vendors that will break a set and sell a single P/C but you must call and ask. They don't usually list them on their websites.
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[Danwvw]

Well if it's just a 69mm stroke engine just clean that up and use it. I don't see any cracks. Dremel or angle grinder with a flapper wheel?
But I don't like that Crease in the cylinder at all! I guess as long as it doesn't tighten on the piston? Just have to try it!
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[Glenn]

[rbucklin]

Well Dan, when you put it like that... I really think this would work fine, but you're right, I would hate to be going down the road, or worse, out in the hills and go 'bang'. So, new set of 4 monday morning. I'll have spares

I looked at the link for the individual piece, price is ok but cheapest shipping option was $27. A little high I think.

Thanks all for the input.

[parker007]

where did all the weld spots come from?

[rugblaster]

When you get the new one, spike that sum bitch into the garage floor hard as you can for me.
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[Danwvw]

I got a set with 25000 on them you can have.
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Our shipping quotes are all estimated high. We mark them down after we actually box up the order.

[ralf]

[FreeBug]

Me too! I pay the part, the shipping (which is often way more expensive than the part itself), then import duties, a processing fee, and then you pay tax on all of those costs.

The good side to this is that at that price, you don't drop pistons .

[ralf]

[Brian_e]

Those 87's are so thin it probably tweaked the whole barrel out of round when it hit the floor.

Brian

[Cusser]

Get new. You'll never get a piston inside that inward surface, look at that dent on the bottom ridge of the cylinder.

You made a mistake in dropping it, just get new and take your medicine once !!! I know "we VW folks" tend to be cheap, time to man up.
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[mark tucker]

eye wood check it out real good with dial bore gauge,and eyeball for cracks, if it passes those ,then deburr, hone properly and stick it togeather. thats a non issue portion of the cylinder. hell look at the type 4 cylinder with a bigger cutout. of coarse any body could effup any thing with nothing even if there is nothing rong with it. so...it's on you.and you will need to go in the top with the piston/ring package. unless your good at the deburring and carfull inserting it. Ive knotched the hell out of cylinder, some v8's do by hand some you stick in the mill. thats nothing if done right.

[rbucklin]

Parker: The end flange had a couple what look like grind marks out of the box. Other than the break from me everything there is as delivered in the box.

Cusser: Yup, carelessness can cost. So does bad luck. or both?

Freebug: Made me laugh. Still pissed though.

Dan, would take you up on it but have a serious time crunch so noe the motor is out of the car, body and steering going on today and new part first thing tomorrow. Should have the engine cleaned up, together and fired up tomorrow.

[Danwvw]

One thing about AA cylinders is they are pliable yet can crack or even tare. Back in the day the Cofaps and Mahle we're so hard they would shatter or break in two if dropped, now these can still crack but stay together. I had the experience of in precivable cracks in a set I damaged torquing, leaking a lot of oil right through the sidewall.

This one tore when forced.

These cracked when the heads were torqued due to the fins weren't clearanced and I did not notice untill running the engine. And oil was splashing out through the sidewalls.

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[FreeBug]