Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
K5 vibrates real bad.
MRDART:
Any news?
Had a crank that actually went out of true once, probably due to my inexperience at the time,
Anyway, that caused some serious vibrations, the flywheel key broke in half and the ignition went all over the place...
And before everyone racks down at me, I was young, inexperienced and somewhat stupid...
dirkster:
well i guess you guys could say you told me so but i took the cylinder off to inspect the crank and it looks like its out of true by 3.5mm and is pretty loose. i forgot until now that when i put the crank back in it when i was rebuilding it that it was hard to spin the crank i just shrugged it off and thought that it would have to wear in i didnt think that
maybe the crank was out of true and was putting extra stress on the bearings making it hard to spin.
dave916:
A crank that is out of true will either wear cases or crank journals
sandblaster:
K5 Cranks should spin easily with only light seal resistance... and I mean light.... If it's sticky at all, you have issues..
dirkster:
ordered a hot rods crank rebuild with con rod, bearings and pin. also new crank bearings and seals. should be here tomarrow
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