Frank Angerano

Your welcome and nice work. Thanks to Quadcrazy we can all help each other.

So when you get back to work on the bike you can test a few things. 1. Bump the starter button and see if that gear coming from the starter spins. If so then you may have just lost the keyway that holds the flywheel and starter gear on the shaft or the nut came loose holding the flywheel. Not likely but possibly. 2. That break lever your referring to when you say you need it to start the bike has a pin that’s sticking up to lock the brake. The reason you thought it was a clutch I’m assuming is because you cant start the bike without pulling it in. That’s just a safety in place so god forbid the throttle got stuck and the bike started it would take off. This brake safety stops that from happening. The side cover with the clutch inside can be taken off and inspected and we will help you walk through the process. Just take care of the starter problem first.

Very good point about the in-line fuse!

Have you checked the fuel flow from the tank ? Sometimes the petcock has a screen or a blockage that does not allow the fuel to flow freely. Also the air/fuel screw, was it put back in properly? I’ve seen people put the washer in before the o ring etc. So be sure it’s back in the right way. Second is the bowl and fill pin working and set correctly. It might be set to low and closes off fuel to the carburetor prematurely. Lastly I always recommend sending in a small piece of wire through the ports on the carb. Sometimes air just isn’t enough to clear out a tiny hole like that and the final adjustment. Air fuel adjustment set point? What did you set it at and have you tried to adjust it while the bikes running?

That’s the cover you want to pull if you want to see what’s going on with the clutch.

So based on the pics it looks like something was taken off of the shaft in the pic? Is that correct. On the other side of the engine, is there a cover that’s much different ? the clutch assembly is generally bigger and it’s a larger size cover. Like I said I’m not familiar with that engine but the premise is pretty much the same as other engines. I’m just wondering if you have taken anything off. Is that the left side of the engine your showing ?

What came off of that shaft ? Post a few more pics of the engine maybe from a little further out. It’s hard to make out where your taking the pic from.

Look at the red bar on the post above yours. Click on it and It will explain. You have to have 10 plus active contributions on the forum before you can access the manual for download.

You can’t bump start a centrifugal clutch. It works on expansion and revolutions. The faster it spins the weights in the clutch expand grabbing the housing and the wheels spin. Im not 100% familiar with your engine without looking at a manual as well as the angle of the pics you sent but if you removed the clutch off of that shaft and your seeing shear marks I would guess that’s your problem.

That’s not a clutch!!!!!!!!!! But like you said new to this you are. That’s a break cylinder. And that’s a break lever. I knew you were not explaining it correctly.

How does the lever feel when you pull it in? There should be a spring loaded type pressure. If so and you can see the clutch expands on pulling the lever then it’s working. It’s most likely something internal. Maybe a shaft or gear and will involve pulling the flywheel and exposing as much as you can without splitting the engine. If not then your going to have to yank the engine. But before you do all that. Have you checked the drivetrain to see that any of the drive shafts and yolks are not broken including the rear differential? Start with the simple stuff first before you go deep.

If you can fix that wire for a quick test that would help. Take an amp probe and put it around the wire with and without the high beams on. See what your reading. That’s the first thing I would do. If that wire is coming from a relay then there’s a problem with the wire set up. Maybe an overload on that one wire where there shouldn’t be. But do that test first and see what the amperage is.

Your not being clear ! Does the bike have a clutch lever ????? I don’t think that bike has a clutch lever but your saying yes so be clear on what your saying and we can help.

Nice work brother. Yes compression should bout roughly about 90 to 120. So that’s weird to see. Could have just been some junk in the rings. Glad to hear it’s up and running. Ride safe.

As long as it’s in neutral it should not have resistance with or without the clutch. So if you put it in first gear or any gear for that matter the engine should resist with the clutch out and very little resistance with it pulled in. So first I would go through all the gears one by one and see that it’s changing gears properly. After that I would look at the clutch actuator that expands the clutch. It’s the lever on the side of the engine where the clutch cable connects to. There is a shaft back there and that rolls the clutch out. Based on the metal chunks it sounds like you maybe blew a gear.

What are you pressure testing ? Compression? Cooling system?

Happy father’s day to all the dads out there, have a great day.

Well done brother. Just paying it forward. Ride safe.

When you move the clutch actuator anything happen ?

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Don’t give up. There always an answer. Just going to have to work through it.

I agree and like that idea as well thy @davefrombc definitely will loosen things up.

Nothing wrong with that!

Can you post a pic of that tank ?

You could but it has to be done by a professional that knows what they are doing and then pressure tested etc. might as well pay the $200 for a new one.