Wing Nuts!
Don't ask me how but I have outdone even myself this time: I pray the gods of gold wings might save me from myself yet again.
I went to start max to begin my flush/fill and oil change ritual and the starter seized~ I did the usual rituals of tapping the starter with a block of wood, moving the bike to free it up, nothing.
So I pulled the starter and it immediately became apparent the starter cog had slipped out of the gear that turns the chain. And the gear is now wedged and I can't get it out.
So while I contemplated all the ways to use my favorite mechanics multi tool of a word (fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, et al.) I opened up the starter and cleaned it up and put it back together. Then I went back at the gear. That thing is wedged. Anyone seen this? I won't be shocked if I'm the only idiot to manage this.
Thinking I may have to pull the motor and crack it to get in there. I am afraid that me trying that might be like me trying heart surgery after staying at a holiday inn express last night. Any thoughts?
Don't ask me how but I have outdone even myself this time: I pray the gods of gold wings might save me from myself yet again.
I went to start max to begin my flush/fill and oil change ritual and the starter seized~ I did the usual rituals of tapping the starter with a block of wood, moving the bike to free it up, nothing.
So I pulled the starter and it immediately became apparent the starter cog had slipped out of the gear that turns the chain. And the gear is now wedged and I can't get it out.
So while I contemplated all the ways to use my favorite mechanics multi tool of a word (fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, et al.) I opened up the starter and cleaned it up and put it back together. Then I went back at the gear. That thing is wedged. Anyone seen this? I won't be shocked if I'm the only idiot to manage this.
Thinking I may have to pull the motor and crack it to get in there. I am afraid that me trying that might be like me trying heart surgery after staying at a holiday inn express last night. Any thoughts?