when i bought my 95 fe 600 sm several months ago, the owner told me that it only needs a stator. i bought one for 150 euros and right away fitted it on and went for a test drive. the engine was very noisy but having no experience with other berg or any other racing european thumper i thought that it was normal.
after 20 km the beast died refusing to come to life, it sounded like ignition failing.
in home when i opened the ignition cover i saw that the stator had been unscrewed and it was standing on air (!!) and the whole thing seemed very bad.
i found out that the crankshaft bearings were broken and as a result the crankshaft moved off centered and damaged the stator.i opened the cases to put new bearings and everything else needed changing.
everything went great until i screwed the allens on the right case, i couldn't rotate the crankshaft by hand, it was very hard. my pal who is a mechanic told me that apparently the bearings (6206/c3 and 6206/c4,there was only one c3 in stock at SKF's store in my city!) had not being properly fitted and to gently tap with a wooden hammer the shaft so as to get it right. it didnt do any good so i just loosen a bit the allen screws to let the crankshaft spin as freely as possible (not totally though) and re assembled the engine.note that i had my crankshaft double checked and balanced properly.
since then i have completed about 2000km (the use is street supermotard and often enduro-yes with the same set of 17'wheels)with no problem or any funny noise.
i noticed that there was no gasket between cases so i applied only a minor quantity of gasket seal.
there is no gasket right?
the local dealer told me that there was a kind of special techniqe that he was the only one around that possesed it and i should take the engine to him, of course i didnt!
had any body came up with the same problem?
p.s. i am not a mechanic, just curious!!
after 20 km the beast died refusing to come to life, it sounded like ignition failing.
in home when i opened the ignition cover i saw that the stator had been unscrewed and it was standing on air (!!) and the whole thing seemed very bad.
i found out that the crankshaft bearings were broken and as a result the crankshaft moved off centered and damaged the stator.i opened the cases to put new bearings and everything else needed changing.
everything went great until i screwed the allens on the right case, i couldn't rotate the crankshaft by hand, it was very hard. my pal who is a mechanic told me that apparently the bearings (6206/c3 and 6206/c4,there was only one c3 in stock at SKF's store in my city!) had not being properly fitted and to gently tap with a wooden hammer the shaft so as to get it right. it didnt do any good so i just loosen a bit the allen screws to let the crankshaft spin as freely as possible (not totally though) and re assembled the engine.note that i had my crankshaft double checked and balanced properly.
since then i have completed about 2000km (the use is street supermotard and often enduro-yes with the same set of 17'wheels)with no problem or any funny noise.
i noticed that there was no gasket between cases so i applied only a minor quantity of gasket seal.
there is no gasket right?
the local dealer told me that there was a kind of special techniqe that he was the only one around that possesed it and i should take the engine to him, of course i didnt!
had any body came up with the same problem?
p.s. i am not a mechanic, just curious!!
