God darnit..frozen kicker..help!

[Jersey450R]

Well my 05' came to a stop the other day..i was going slow and it hesitated for a split second and then just shut off. went to kick it and my kicker was froze. havent even looked at it since i'm disgusted. has about 20 hours since i re-rung it and added HRC cam. yes it had plenty of oil. Thoughts on this?

[j_cyrus3]

When my crank went out my kicker was froze up...

agreed. same thing happened to my brother. were just crusing threw some trails and it shut off and the kicker wouldent budge. sorry.

[Balaz_73*00]

O yea bet you seized your crank..same thing just happened to me. Hopefully your didn't damage your cases and cylinder/piston.

[Jersey450R]

sounds like maybe my worst fears are being confirmed. today if i'm up to it after work, i'm going to drain the oil and see if there are metal shavings in there. could it be just the kicker gear or just the top end?? i'm using wishful thinking right now; i just dont see how i'm going to be able to afford this. sux.

[Ruf Racing]

Good luck. :ermm:

[Balaz_73*00]

BIG $$$. Mine cost me a lil over 800 in parts and 500 in labor

[quadracer118]

could have dropped a valve that happened to me and the valve poped 4 holes through the piston then locked the piston up it went between the cylinder and piston good luck $$$$$$$$$$$$

[Jersey450R]

this sux

[exman]

sounds like the thrust washer disentegrated,,,pull oil filter cover and filter and look for metal flake,,looks like glitter,,the fix is if that is it,,,is pull the engine and drop a hot rods heavy duty oem like crank in it,,,you wan''t have any more problems

[monkeyballs]

Crank, you probably did not ketch it early.. Take a look on this form you can finde some sick deals on 450 parts at this forum www.450r.org. My friend also blew his crank b and he rebuild it off of that sight and I dont think it came over 600$. Thought it is second hand parts and it is some what of a risk..

[Jersey450R]

really fine shavings in the filter

[monkeyballs]

How much? What collor?

[Jersey450R]

quite a bit in there! silverish in color but not big...like almost sandlike.

[monkeyballs]

Good stuf at least you did not finde any brass shavins. There might not be that much wear. I still think its your crank bearings. But this is a sigh of it not costing as much as it could lol.. Good luck

[Ruf Racing]

Chances are it's your thrust washers. Regardless, if it's crank
bearing or thrust washers, you will need a crank rebuild or replacement. $$$$:ermm: Good luck.

[Jersey450R]

well i guess i'm done riding...hangin it up. i cant afford to fix it so now what do i do. i'm 27 and got laid off and broke. i love riding more that life itself. this is like losing a loved on. i just sit there and look at it. how am i supposed to get oput of this??????

[sunco]

ditto, same thing happened to our 04. Took it to the dealer cause I have extended warranty. Joke - it doesn't cover half the stuff you need to get back to riding. Yeah good luck. Hurry back to riding

[Jersey450R]

warranty ran out a few months back. how am i just supposed to look at this thing and not be able to ride? i ride to live and live to ride.

[sunco]

well when it happened to us, two weeks into the dealer nonsense, my answer was go to a different dealer & get a new one. it took them 90 days to return my quad back & it ended w/ the cops showing up .................................... I was right & they were wrong but its just a waste of everyones time. They told me I was trespassing - I don't think so, you called me & said come get.

R&D pwersports in PA :mad:

[JR3]

Originally posted by Jersey450R
warranty ran out a few months back. how am i just supposed to look at this thing and not be able to ride? i ride to live and live to ride.

i ran into the same issue last summer and i love this sport just like u said more then life itself. what i did was just locked the shed and forgot i had a race bike then i got back on my feet was making good money again and built everything perfect over last winter and now this season has been great for me sometimes u just have to take a break

[Ruf Racing]

Originally posted by Jersey450R
well i guess i'm done riding...hangin it up. i cant afford to fix it so now what do i do. i'm 27 and got laid off and broke. i love riding more that life itself. this is like losing a loved on. i just sit there and look at it. how am i supposed to get oput of this??????

I feel for you dude! Suck it up. The alternative would be a used
replacement crank. Someone may have a good used crank to
sell cheap. It might be a temporary fix, but it would get you back
in the saddle. ;) Good luck.