Subject: Re: Aftermath of last weeks starter smoke out.
Author: Hunter Jones
Date: Jul 19, 2001, 10:05 PM
Post ID: 1707573209
Don't overlook that an oil leak from the breather box hoses will run into
the clutch housing. Might save you a headache or two!
Hunter
At 11:44 PM 7/19/2001 -0400, you wrote:
| ============================================================ Feeling blue about the state of your email inbox? Then you'll be tickled pink to hear about our free email organization solution. Learn more at http://click.topica.com/caaabByb1dfltb2rQ5Za/register ============================================================ Took me a week but I found the time tonight to pull the starter. I wanted to go for a ride but she just said no. Just sat there smoking again. Maybe she was mad cuz I took the Cagiva out yesterday for ride to work day. Anyway pulled the starter, removed the end cover and the main cover. Bunch of crusty looking stuff fell out. I found the half full can of contact cleaner, a toothbrush, some 320 sandpaper, rags and went to town cleaning out all of the nooks and krannies. Resisted the temptation to wrinkle black the main case and put it back together. Cleaned all the wires and wire brushed all of the nuts and washers. Put the key in, pushed the starter button and she came to life quicker then any time in the year I've owned her. Lets hope that was it. Stopped and started it about 10 times and everytime was the same. The only problem with the whole operation was that I found an awful lot of oil roaming inside the clutch housing. Rear main seal time come winter. Till then I am in denial about it. Ah, life is good again not that it wasn't before but sometimes I just surprise myself at how mechanically inclined I can be with this bike. Rich |