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Quick winter 2005 RM-z500 build

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ddashb:
Only have had bad luck with this bike.  Got to take out for some train riding and a little dune play and the thing ran great besides the rock hard suspension. Flywheel nut loosened up so the flywheel came off and ended up shearing the woodruff key. When this happened I was kicking the thing over a bunch because of a fowled plug I thought might have been from a leaky inlet needle it backfired from the erratic timing and shattered the kickstart shaft and clutch cover. So as I get to swapping some parts I find the kickstart shaft boss I guess you call it in the right case is egged out causing the shaft to stick and not retract. New cases anyone?

cmotodad:
If that is all that's bad, take the case to a machine shop and have a bushing installed to match the kickstarter shaft. Cheaper and easier to do than find a set of cases now days.

ddashb:

--- Quote from: cmotodad on March 09, 2017, 05:31:49 AM ---If that is all that's bad, take the case to a machine shop and have a bushing installed to match the kickstarter shaft. Cheaper and easier to do than find a set of cases now days.

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Well about the cases... early in the build when I first got the cases a few years ago I got '88 cases and didn't know what was going on later on in the build. You're right about the shortage of cases so I'm looking for maybe some that need welded instead of the $600 sets currently on eBay  :|

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