scspiegel
Junior Member
It all started with the bike not starting and when I would press the ignition, there would just be a click and nothing would happen. I've gone through and checked everything in the ignition system and everything is working properly (even rebuilt the starter motor) and nothing helped.
Eventually I took the clutch cover off trying to gain access to the starter clutch assembly in case that was the issue. In that process I (not sure why) decided to try to turn over the motor manually by using the bolt securing the primary gear in place (I realize I probably shouldn't have been doing this).
From this, I was able to find that the motor wasn't starting because at a certain point in the crankshaft rotation, the motor freezes(?). I can manually crank the motor backwards to a point where I think cylinder 2 is almost at TDC and then manually crank the motor forwards until cylinder 3 is almost at TDC (it's definitely cylinders 2 and 3 but I'm not quite sure which is backwards and which is forwards). However, it won't crank past either point.
So the reason the ignition system would just click when trying to start the bike is because the motor was at the forward position where it won't crank any further.
Today I took the valve cover off to try to see if possibly the timing chain slipped or something but after looking at that the only thing I can think of is maybe a valve got bent or something and is preventing either cylinder 2 or 3 from reaching the top its stroke.
I guess what I'm looking for is any possible explanation besides a bent valve that I could look for without having to remove the engine and start to dig into the cylinder head.
Thanks for any help.
Eventually I took the clutch cover off trying to gain access to the starter clutch assembly in case that was the issue. In that process I (not sure why) decided to try to turn over the motor manually by using the bolt securing the primary gear in place (I realize I probably shouldn't have been doing this).
From this, I was able to find that the motor wasn't starting because at a certain point in the crankshaft rotation, the motor freezes(?). I can manually crank the motor backwards to a point where I think cylinder 2 is almost at TDC and then manually crank the motor forwards until cylinder 3 is almost at TDC (it's definitely cylinders 2 and 3 but I'm not quite sure which is backwards and which is forwards). However, it won't crank past either point.
So the reason the ignition system would just click when trying to start the bike is because the motor was at the forward position where it won't crank any further.
Today I took the valve cover off to try to see if possibly the timing chain slipped or something but after looking at that the only thing I can think of is maybe a valve got bent or something and is preventing either cylinder 2 or 3 from reaching the top its stroke.
I guess what I'm looking for is any possible explanation besides a bent valve that I could look for without having to remove the engine and start to dig into the cylinder head.
Thanks for any help.