Project - Snail

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

It's f###d then.

That is my conclusion now.

[yorkie_chris]

Tear it down, the carnage will be evident somewhere.

Head first or shall I just rip cases apart?

[flymo]

are you absolutely sure there's nothing elsewhere externally that is jammed etc first? Check around the clutch drive area and in the generator casing. If they are free to rotate then it can only be the crank or pistons.

Head gaskets arent cheap though so check before you remove.

[yorkie_chris]

All anciliaries and covers first too. Starter gear and everything you can get to.

Then head cover, cams, finally head.

[flymo]

Just looking back at this post http://forums.sv650.org/showpost.php...6&postcount=64. Did you figure out what was going on there?

Yeah, what happened was the starter cog thingy was jamming up against the casing everytime I was trying to turn the crank with a spanner (the starter motor was out), I just put the starter motor back in the keep the cog in place, that then freed up the crank a bit, and made it possible to get a full turn out of the crank. So now I am at the fact that I can only get a full turn at the generator side of the crank with a spanner.

[flymo]

Originally Posted by plowsie

Yeah, what happened was the starter cog thingy was jamming up against the casing everytime I was trying to turn the crank with a spanner (the starter motor was out), I just put the starter motor back in the keep the cog in place, that then freed up the crank a bit, and made it possible to get a full turn out of the crank. So now I am at the fact that I can only get a full turn at the generator side of the crank with a spanner.

Can you post a photo of the engine from the clutch side with clutch covers removed?

Yeah man, no probs, will be later from home as at work ATM.

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooo

I have a free spinning engine What a relief!

Found a foreign piece of matter stuck in between the piston and valve, I couldn't understand why the piston wasn't returning, it seems this piece of metal wedged itself in somewhere, now everything is moving freely at the moment, I'm gonna do all the screws up on the head and turn the crank later just to be sure.

Oh and BTW, Col, if you read this, it is not your fault I know whose and why it is their fault Let's just say for future reference, block any holes up with kitchen roll or something and don't let someone near a hammer next time eyy...