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Originally Posted by Bob95065
What could have caused the piston skirt to fail?
Bob
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You want a guess?
I'd guess the rings rusted to the bore and stuck the piston. Someone tried to force the engine to turn over, kicked the piston sideways and broke a piece of the skirt off.
That guess is only good if the stuck engine and the broken skirt are related.
Can you run it? Depends. I broke a skirt off the piston in my 400 cc Suzuki MotoCross bike. Fell down in the crankcase and when the rod came around, it hit the broken piece and punched the bottom out of the crankcase. I glued the pieces back together on the crankcase and never looked back. Didn't seem to hurt the running any.
You may get lucky too.
PS. Probably not a good idea to run it if the skirt is broken off the thrust side of the piston but the only wat to tell is pull the pan.