GrassGuerilla
Olympic Piss-reving wanna be.
Maybe I should add the subtitle "I've been butt raped by a smurf seller"?
I assumed the $200 selling price was a fair number for a former rental mule with the scars to show for its previous life. I didn't however expect to find this when I took it home and pulled the clutch cover. I assumed the worst. Cracked case, or a busted bar stud mount. Well, I finally got the time and desire to see wtf?
Turns out, the seller was just a moron. It appears, as I see it to be a JB weld hack job cover up. After removing most of the epoxy, it seems it all started with a worn out rim sprocket. Once the chain would no longer remain tensioned properly, it started eating itself. Not much chain catcher left, looks to have been fed into the chain quite a bit. Little rash on the clutch cover, and a bit on the case too. Not sure if the inner guide plate screws fell victim to the chain flopping all around, or the sellers screwdriver. But both are busted off in the case.
The epoxy apparently was intended to hold the guide plate in place... At least that's what I'm thinking.
I'm going to need some dolmar parts. Any preferred web sources? I'd like to order a new set of bar studs & nuts, guide plates, rim sprocket, and a new chain catcher.
I've drilled out busted screws before, just never from a mag case. Any advice before I give her a go? I plan to center punch it and hope for the best. I'm assuming the holes are relatively shallow and can be done without splitting the case, yeah? Any advice appreciated.
20 years ago I would have returned to the seller and JB welded his truck door locks...
I assumed the $200 selling price was a fair number for a former rental mule with the scars to show for its previous life. I didn't however expect to find this when I took it home and pulled the clutch cover. I assumed the worst. Cracked case, or a busted bar stud mount. Well, I finally got the time and desire to see wtf?
Turns out, the seller was just a moron. It appears, as I see it to be a JB weld hack job cover up. After removing most of the epoxy, it seems it all started with a worn out rim sprocket. Once the chain would no longer remain tensioned properly, it started eating itself. Not much chain catcher left, looks to have been fed into the chain quite a bit. Little rash on the clutch cover, and a bit on the case too. Not sure if the inner guide plate screws fell victim to the chain flopping all around, or the sellers screwdriver. But both are busted off in the case.
The epoxy apparently was intended to hold the guide plate in place... At least that's what I'm thinking.
I'm going to need some dolmar parts. Any preferred web sources? I'd like to order a new set of bar studs & nuts, guide plates, rim sprocket, and a new chain catcher.
I've drilled out busted screws before, just never from a mag case. Any advice before I give her a go? I plan to center punch it and hope for the best. I'm assuming the holes are relatively shallow and can be done without splitting the case, yeah? Any advice appreciated.
20 years ago I would have returned to the seller and JB welded his truck door locks...