I got this pile together, at least enough to fire it. This was yesterday.
I put water in it and found out the hard way that the water pump seals were shot:
so apart it came and i put in new seals (that I had laying around anyway)
Back together and I fire it up...sounds good, feels good clank POP (power drops way down) oh
...pow. and it dies...
I tried a ton of stuff, and finally thought maybe I sheared the woodruff key on the stator, because it started backfiring a little, but wouldn't run.So I spin the stator and oh
...no compression.
The clutch-side wrist pin circlip popped out of its' groove after about 20-30 seconds of running.
Of all the bikes I've worked on, torn down, built, whatever, I've never seen this happen, and I've never had it happen on a bike I put together ( i used to wrench on bikes for a living). Oh well I guess.
