You win the luckiest guy of the century on that one! Glad things turned out okay :)
- JO On May 18, 2011, at 5:18 PM, gene hawkes wrote: > Hello everyone well i want to say thank you to all who responded to my pics > of my starter motor on my 750 beleive it or not the motor was fine works > great when i finaly took it to a local mechanic he put it back on the bike > after he tested it and still no start of the bike so , he then looked at me > and said I THINK THAT YOUR ENGINE HAS SEIZED WOW WAS I SHOCKED all i could > think of was here goes about a million buks for a new engine and with this > economy i reall dont have that lol anyway after trying different things he > said ok when you put your new spark plugs in the bike last week did you > notice any rocks or sand which was acually near the holes into the pistons i > said not sure well to make a long story short let alone embarrising one lol > he took an air hose then blasted out all four holes where the plugs go and OH > MAN THE SHIT THAT CAME OUT OF THE HOLES WAS UNREAL IT LOOKED LIKE YOSEMITIE > wow he then put the plugs back in and BINGO SHE STARTED UP AND RUNS VERY FINE > i got lucky cause if those rocks had gone into the valves well we all know > what would happen then again thanks everyone for all your help im glad i > know where to turn in an emergency for answers lol oh yeahand ieven know how > to pull the statrter off the right way now thanks gene > > From: Andrew Chan <[email protected]> > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, May 17, 2011 8:51:33 PM > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Emailing: Picture 150 > > Googlegroups discussion format is so jumbled to my eyes =[ > > Anyway, I wish I looked at Picture 150 sooner, I saw Picture 149 > earlier and that looked fine to me. > > Okay Gene, you're actually missing the end of the starter that > actually fits into the engine. It's a bit tight to pull out/put in > because of the O-ring on it. > > I bet you have four bolts you pulled off of it, two long ones and two > short ones. The long ones hold the starter motor together, the short > ones attach it to the crankcase. If you can, try to reattach the body > of the starter motor you are holding in your hands back to the thing > still in the crankcase with the two longer bolts, then pull the whole > thing out again. It might be a bit difficult to get the gears to fit > right, especially if they have already come out of position (they need > to be positioned exactly right for the thing to fit together). If it > won't fit back in, just pull out the part that is still stuck in the > crankcase. There's a little gear that fits on the end of the starter > motor called the pinion gear (?). Put that thing back together and > you have your whole starter motor, which may or may not be functioning > properly :P. > > Let us know how it turns out. > > Oh yeah, get a manual :P. Helps out bunches. Clymer's great for > descriptions, Honda Service manual for Nighthawk 750 has great > diagrams. And it's easier to look up torque values in it. > > Andrew > Syracuse, NY > 93 Nighthawk 750 (I'll get the thing running again soon...) > > > On May 15, 10:11 am, James O'Gorman <[email protected]> wrote: > > That is different than the starter on my 650. I'll let someone else chime > > in. > > > > Like stated before, the brushes are what tend to go bad, and they aren't > > that hard to replace, and not expensive either. > > > > - JO > > > > On May 15, 2011, at 8:34 AM, gene hawkes wrote: > > > > > > > > > this one is the one that goes into the bike meaning the other end to this > > > is still on the bike i guess > > > The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link > > > attachments: > > > Picture 150 > > > > > Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent > > > sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. 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