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looking at that gudgeon pin again it's dimpled on each end.....it was pressed in and never had any clips holding it in place.
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Bauers do that too, I have repaired lots of Bauers with worn bearings races, broken con rods, worn wrist pins and blown apart cylinders. If they don't get proper maintenance they will break, guaranteed.Those little Italian made compressors have such a fast RPM you can expect them to last long that its rough on internal components.