Faulty dominator gudgeon pins

Previously steve_coleman wrote:

I have heard that at some time Hepolite produced a batch of faulty gudgeon pins for Norton Dominators, resulting in some breakages. Has anyone heard of this and if it is so, when were the produced and how can they be identified.

Best regards,

Steve Coleman.

Hello well in the fortyodd years I have owned and rebuilt Nortons I not seen or found anything of this kind any failure in an engine is down to oil braking down or lack of oil or maintenance or abuse , yours anna j

Some 650 failures were blamed on weak pins.

Previously robert_tuck wrote:

Some 650 failures were blamed on weak pins.

hello I havenever ever come across any yet on 650s in forty-odd years of motorcycling

and sidecar racing yours anna j