1971 Laverda SF Teardown
This page documents the teardown of the top end of my 1971 Laverda 750SF after I burned a hole in the right piston during some enthusiastic riding.
This is an original standard size Mondial piston, so it gave good service for 50 years.
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It seems unlikely that the cam chain tensioner was damaged when the piston burned through. More likely the failure of the tensioner contributed, maybe directly, to the piston failure.