glamiskid395
02-15-2009, 07:21 PM
heres how it went down this past weekend at glamis.
my bike was running great, i was beating other 400s up the hills.
the last time i went up the hill, the engine had a funny sound, like the vaLVES were WAY out of adjustments. i got to the bottom of the hill, and was about to shut off the bike, and it just died. i didnt think anything of it, but when i went back to start it and leave, i had no spark! so my dad towed me back to camp with the sandrail. i was able to start it, being pulled, but it would not idle.
so i just got towed the whole way back.
when we got back, i stripped the fenders off to get to the plug, and i had NO spark, so we started to ohm out wires, and such to see what went bad. everything ohmed out fine, but could not get power to the coil, so we gave up at 7pm.
the next morning i went out to switch out stators cuz ive had this problem before with the aftermarket 200W stator. i got everything apart, and the stator was not bolted to the side case like it should be, the holes were elongated/stripped, a wire on the stator was cut, and bolts on the flywheel were ruined from the stator coming loose and rubbing on it.
i figured that something got between the flywheel and stator and caused it to elongate the bolt holes, and pull the stator out. but there was notheing broken.
my dad thinks that the main bearing went out, and caused the shaft to wobble, and that made the flywheel catch the stator and wreck the holes.
now i have a useless 200W stator and have metal shavings in the motor.
so my question is, could the main bearing have caused all this mess?
is it hard to replace the main bearing myself if its dead?
thanks
mike
my bike was running great, i was beating other 400s up the hills.
the last time i went up the hill, the engine had a funny sound, like the vaLVES were WAY out of adjustments. i got to the bottom of the hill, and was about to shut off the bike, and it just died. i didnt think anything of it, but when i went back to start it and leave, i had no spark! so my dad towed me back to camp with the sandrail. i was able to start it, being pulled, but it would not idle.
so i just got towed the whole way back.
when we got back, i stripped the fenders off to get to the plug, and i had NO spark, so we started to ohm out wires, and such to see what went bad. everything ohmed out fine, but could not get power to the coil, so we gave up at 7pm.
the next morning i went out to switch out stators cuz ive had this problem before with the aftermarket 200W stator. i got everything apart, and the stator was not bolted to the side case like it should be, the holes were elongated/stripped, a wire on the stator was cut, and bolts on the flywheel were ruined from the stator coming loose and rubbing on it.
i figured that something got between the flywheel and stator and caused it to elongate the bolt holes, and pull the stator out. but there was notheing broken.
my dad thinks that the main bearing went out, and caused the shaft to wobble, and that made the flywheel catch the stator and wreck the holes.
now i have a useless 200W stator and have metal shavings in the motor.
so my question is, could the main bearing have caused all this mess?
is it hard to replace the main bearing myself if its dead?
thanks
mike