Pandora is living up to her name,
I decided to replace the clutch cover, as it was fairly well ground away at the oil filler - this is a box I did not intend to open.
Found it was cracked on the inside too
I had a spare cover in much better nick, from my parts engine.
The trouble began when I took the cover off the good engine, I found part of the clutch star missing
The trouble is when you find something like this, where is the missing bit? is it waiting to bite me in the backside some day?
So a hour or two later I had this mess on my bench.
The upside is the gear clusters look good, and I had a good clutch star on my spare motor. So i built up a good clutch pack from the spare motor using the best bits of both. I also learned how easy these are to pull apart, a 8 and 10 socket, a circlip pliers and one sneaky philips head and it all comes apart
No sign of the missing bit though, Could it make it's way to the balance shaft?
I will chance it for now, once it is not in the gearbox I am happy.
It was probably broken on assembly and removed then
Just for a laugh, have a look at one of the cylinders on the parts engine.
Hard to believe it was running and didn't crap itself
Plating worn through,
Look at the chamfer worn into the top of the exhaust port
Luckily the top end on the good motor looks good - I am going to run it for now and strip it next winter.
I also swapped over the twostroke pumps, Pandora had been run on premix, with the pump still attached and running dry
Anyone recognize this photo? Performance bikes test - can't remember which issue
Some day Pandora will look this good too