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Had a sidecar crosser in last week. Bloke had been pressing that button till his finger fell off!
I had previously done a shed load of work to it and he reported back happy that it started first time everytime etc blah! blah!
however it wouldn't start at one meeting and when i got it it made a dreadful racket. I rebuilt the engine which is what it was in for and then when i tried to start it it made a noise i don't hear to often.
It would wind over and almost bounce and then wind again and bounce and wind again. I didn't know it was bouncing but you could hear a cl - ck - cl - ck - cl - ck (turn and bounce, turn and bounce).
my minds i saw it all - i had this vision of a gear bouncing on the teeth of the next gear. so i pulled the left cover and decided to replace the shell bearings for the sprague in both the engine and the sidecover. a ******* to do but the upshot was silky smooth spinning of the motor and it started straight away.
regards
Taffy
I had previously done a shed load of work to it and he reported back happy that it started first time everytime etc blah! blah!
however it wouldn't start at one meeting and when i got it it made a dreadful racket. I rebuilt the engine which is what it was in for and then when i tried to start it it made a noise i don't hear to often.
It would wind over and almost bounce and then wind again and bounce and wind again. I didn't know it was bouncing but you could hear a cl - ck - cl - ck - cl - ck (turn and bounce, turn and bounce).
my minds i saw it all - i had this vision of a gear bouncing on the teeth of the next gear. so i pulled the left cover and decided to replace the shell bearings for the sprague in both the engine and the sidecover. a ******* to do but the upshot was silky smooth spinning of the motor and it started straight away.
regards
Taffy
