| We finally got around to pulling the oil filter and taking a look inside. Keep in mind, this is on a 1,000 mile motor with four oil changes. This oil/filter combination has approx. 100 miles on it. Here is what generous amounts of bearing material looks like. 
Filtered through a paper towel: 
Kills me that this has to come back apart! 

We will be dropping the motor in the next week or so and taking it to a local machine shop that does most of SW's work. The guy is supposed to be a real detail king. With any luck, we will be able to readily identify the cause of the bearing failure.
Regards, Bryan
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