Originally posted by epattonm:
What exactly did you hit (I know a rock), but where, and how? And how is something large enough to do that kind of damage invisible? Glad it's not worse though.



That's what I'm wondering! And how long after you hit it did it take for you to shut it down? That'll help to determine whether the bearings are ok. I blew my oil line for my pressure gauge (luckily with cold thick oil) and it took about 5 seconds for the dummy light to come on and the gauge to drop to 0 PSI, and it ran for another couple seconds before I had caught the light and shut it down. Everything was fine. I would say, as long as you killed it and coasted to a stop, when the dummy light came on, you SHOULD be fine. Just my .02 FWIW.

I'll put holes in him!!