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Originally Posted by thrux351
I have had a couple of the wavy washers fracture and discovered the pieces when subsequently tearing the engine down for race freshening. The pieces were at the bottom of the side case where they could do no harm, but I suppose if a piece got in between the gears it would cause the sort of fracture your engine experienced. My engine is exposed to very severe racing conditions that could have led to premature fracture of these washers, and probably will not be a problem in non-abused engines. Heads up to check this washer every time you have the clutch cover off, however.  |
thrux351,
Good info. Thanks for sharing that it's a good inspection tip.
The wavy washer was still in one piece on mine(you can see it laying in the clutch cover in the pics) but maybe if it gets weak it could allow enough wobble to fracture the castings in the earlier cases.
bonnieblackinfl,
I did have the "pin"/starter shaft and I've added a pic to the picasa web album of the starter gear with the shaft.
I've got 500 on it now since I got it back and will be taking it in for an after break/rebreak in oil change. It seems like it's going to be fine.
