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Hokay so..
I was having some gear shift problems so I decided to split the lower crankcase and see if everything was to spec. I did so, and everything was. I put some sealant down, hand-tightened the crankcase bolts, reattached the clutch basket and reattached the oil filter rotor. The oil filter rotor is attached by a lock nut and washer inside the oil filter rotor. When tightening the lock nut, the oil filter rotor and clutch assembly catch (the gears do not move), allowing the lock nut to be tightened. I assume this is how it should work.
Of course, when I was tightening the bolts to the lower crankcase back up, I broke a bolt. DOH! Sooo, I take off the oil filter rotor and clutch basket and split the lower crankcase again to remove the broken piece of bolt. So I put sealant down again, hand tighten the lower crankcase bolts, reattach the clutch basket assembly, go to reattach the oil filter rotor but run into a problem---- this time, the oil filter rotor rotates freely in either direction, so the lock nut cannot be tightened. No matter what gear I have it in, I can spin the oil filter as much as I want and nothing ever catches or grabs. This seems like a red flag to me, so I stopped for the night. And now I'm turning to the wise world of hondatwins to steer me in the right direction, as I can come up with no theories of my own at the moment.
Any ideas on what I could have done differently the second time around?
Thanks,
Dan
I was having some gear shift problems so I decided to split the lower crankcase and see if everything was to spec. I did so, and everything was. I put some sealant down, hand-tightened the crankcase bolts, reattached the clutch basket and reattached the oil filter rotor. The oil filter rotor is attached by a lock nut and washer inside the oil filter rotor. When tightening the lock nut, the oil filter rotor and clutch assembly catch (the gears do not move), allowing the lock nut to be tightened. I assume this is how it should work.
Of course, when I was tightening the bolts to the lower crankcase back up, I broke a bolt. DOH! Sooo, I take off the oil filter rotor and clutch basket and split the lower crankcase again to remove the broken piece of bolt. So I put sealant down again, hand tighten the lower crankcase bolts, reattach the clutch basket assembly, go to reattach the oil filter rotor but run into a problem---- this time, the oil filter rotor rotates freely in either direction, so the lock nut cannot be tightened. No matter what gear I have it in, I can spin the oil filter as much as I want and nothing ever catches or grabs. This seems like a red flag to me, so I stopped for the night. And now I'm turning to the wise world of hondatwins to steer me in the right direction, as I can come up with no theories of my own at the moment.
Any ideas on what I could have done differently the second time around?
Thanks,
Dan