I can find another bike to play with. This one needs too much. I understand that bearing sleeves are no longer available and there are probably other parts that would be hard to find. I had to cut the cam chain to get the head and cylinders off. Much of this engine is going into my foundry pile.
On Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 3:49:07 PM UTC-4, Kurt Nolte wrote: > > I wouldn't part it out if you like the bike. You can find good used > engines, engine parts for these. > > I have a parts engine, but no idea how good or useful it would be. > > On Apr 9, 2017 2:37 PM, "Keith Fougere" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Motor is seized - #3 bearing welded to the crankshaft - time to part out >> I guess >> >> On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 8:46:02 AM UTC-4, Keith Fougere wrote: >>> >>> Ok, so I broke into the starter and it looks really good! The PO must >>> have had the starter rebuilt recently. Brushes have minimal wear, the >>> commutator does show signs of wear ) ( Might be poor contact between >>> the square brushes and the rounded commutator but I assume that it did work >>> previously. A continuity check indicates no resistance between the >>> commutator pairs and no continuity to the shaft. So, I guess it isn't the >>> starter. I have a new starter kit to start my collection of parts. I hooked >>> the starter up to a battery on the kitchen counter and it runs strongly. >>> Next step is to install the starter back on the bike and hope by some >>> miracle that everything starts to work. I don't really expect that to >>> happen, so does anyone have an idea what I should check next? The PO told >>> me that the bike got harder and harder to start. I haven't even verified >>> yet that the motor will spin freely but doubt that's the problem. >>> >>> On Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 5:14:28 PM UTC-4, Keith Fougere wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks, I will definitely clean it all well when i dig into it - going >>>> to wait until the parts arrive on Saturday so I can do it all at once. The >>>> bike has 38k on it so the brushes are probably ready to get changed. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 1:38 PM, mark weisenfeld <[email protected] >>>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Wait-wait... though a starter rebuild is a good idea (mainly for the >>>>> brushes) did you take it off and blow/suck out all the old carbon dust >>>>> and >>>>> look at the brush length? >>>>> At least while you wait you'll know you are on the right track. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>>> Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/kVAJz044cag/unsubscribe >>>>> . >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>> [email protected] <javascript:>. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>> <javascript:>. >>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
