rs92s1880
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Riding around, started hearing some very pronounced rattlingfrom the left case when I let off the throttle in any gear. After a few miles of that, I'd let off and it it was jerking the wheel hard enough to just about lock up the tire and vibrated like crazy. Shortly thereafter, let off in second gear at around 15mph and she locked the motor solid, dragged me to an abrupt stop. try to crank it, locked. pushed it home, pulled the stator cover and tried turning the motor with a bar...locked solid. put a little pressure backwards against the normal rotation, and she freed right up. spins over beautiful.
Checked cam chains, tight. Checked clutch, good. Checked input shaft on tranny, good and smooth, no problems in tranny.
Pulled the flywheel, outer starter clutch cover(tin) was cracked and bolts were loose as can be. clutch body shows no cracks, but bolt holes are elongated and bolts are cooked.
What are the chances that the starter clutch being so loose could lock up the motor so violently? Did I find the culprit or is this just another problem I happened to find along the way?
By the way, I frequently beat the tar out of my 86 max and may have over-revved her a bit an hour or so before this happened.
Checked cam chains, tight. Checked clutch, good. Checked input shaft on tranny, good and smooth, no problems in tranny.
Pulled the flywheel, outer starter clutch cover(tin) was cracked and bolts were loose as can be. clutch body shows no cracks, but bolt holes are elongated and bolts are cooked.
What are the chances that the starter clutch being so loose could lock up the motor so violently? Did I find the culprit or is this just another problem I happened to find along the way?
By the way, I frequently beat the tar out of my 86 max and may have over-revved her a bit an hour or so before this happened.