lb99
2nd March 2007, 20:03
I stalled the Z200 this morning:nono: , and then when I pressed the starter button it went "rrrrr CLACK" ( beeeep beeeeeeeeeeeeep beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep from the car behind earns them a withering glare) so I pull out the kickstarter (gahhh) and give it a bit of a prod, the whole lot locks solid WTF???? (beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep alright already)
So I push the bike up onto the footpath and try to figure it out, have a go at bump starting... nope, locked solid...... weird, try rocking the bike in gear.....CLUNK..... everything free's up, sweet, I give it a kick in the guts, and on about the 20th kick it bursts into life(normally first kick even when stone cold) give it a bit of a rev CLACKCLACKCLACKCLACK, oherr that don't sound too flash, a few more revs and the noise dissapears, sweet, late for work, better get going.
I cautiously wind it up to highway speeds, it sounds and pulls fine, but it vibrates like a bastard, which is new, but it was performing fine so I kept going.
I got to work, and when it was idling away there was that sound again CLACKCLACKCLACKCLUNK(stall) coming from the left engine cover.
Under the pretext of "plant maintainance", I said to the boss "I have quite a bit of maintainance and stuff to do today, I'll be in the plant room if you need me", waited until noone was looking, and pushed the bike into said plant room, laid it down behind some machinery, and proceeded to dismantle it.
have any of you ever been in a refridgeration plant room with 4 150kw screw compressors going 100%? its fookin loud, so loud that without earmuffs it fucks up my balance and spacial awareness (I keep smacking my head on stuff). So seeing as I have got the earmuffs on, and they are the only ones, there is no chance of being disturbed, other than by someone reaching in though the door and flicking the light switch to attract my attention, I am able to rip right into the bike.
I found the problem as soon as I took off the LH engine cover- some of the magnets have come off the flywheel:shit: and been smashed to smithereens by the ones that stayed put:shit: :shit: so thats where the vibration came from, an out of balance flywheel, the windings dont seem to have suffered any terminal damage, but there are tiny grains of magnet stuck to every bit of steel in sight, as well as blocking some drains into the sump, so it will have gone right through the gearbox and all, time for a complete dissasembly and clean :sigh: at least it wasn't terminal.
I do have a complete spare motor located just north of Dunedin, can anyone help me with transport, I don't mind if it takes some time, I get to put a few more Ks on the CBX while waiting:scooter:
has anyone else ever had this happen to them?
So I push the bike up onto the footpath and try to figure it out, have a go at bump starting... nope, locked solid...... weird, try rocking the bike in gear.....CLUNK..... everything free's up, sweet, I give it a kick in the guts, and on about the 20th kick it bursts into life(normally first kick even when stone cold) give it a bit of a rev CLACKCLACKCLACKCLACK, oherr that don't sound too flash, a few more revs and the noise dissapears, sweet, late for work, better get going.
I cautiously wind it up to highway speeds, it sounds and pulls fine, but it vibrates like a bastard, which is new, but it was performing fine so I kept going.
I got to work, and when it was idling away there was that sound again CLACKCLACKCLACKCLUNK(stall) coming from the left engine cover.
Under the pretext of "plant maintainance", I said to the boss "I have quite a bit of maintainance and stuff to do today, I'll be in the plant room if you need me", waited until noone was looking, and pushed the bike into said plant room, laid it down behind some machinery, and proceeded to dismantle it.
have any of you ever been in a refridgeration plant room with 4 150kw screw compressors going 100%? its fookin loud, so loud that without earmuffs it fucks up my balance and spacial awareness (I keep smacking my head on stuff). So seeing as I have got the earmuffs on, and they are the only ones, there is no chance of being disturbed, other than by someone reaching in though the door and flicking the light switch to attract my attention, I am able to rip right into the bike.
I found the problem as soon as I took off the LH engine cover- some of the magnets have come off the flywheel:shit: and been smashed to smithereens by the ones that stayed put:shit: :shit: so thats where the vibration came from, an out of balance flywheel, the windings dont seem to have suffered any terminal damage, but there are tiny grains of magnet stuck to every bit of steel in sight, as well as blocking some drains into the sump, so it will have gone right through the gearbox and all, time for a complete dissasembly and clean :sigh: at least it wasn't terminal.
I do have a complete spare motor located just north of Dunedin, can anyone help me with transport, I don't mind if it takes some time, I get to put a few more Ks on the CBX while waiting:scooter:
has anyone else ever had this happen to them?