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Metal Filings?
- Thread starter mjamusic
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Are you referring to the fuzz on the magnet?
mjamusic
XS650 Addict
Yes. It was hard to tell when I rubber something on my finger what it actually is
That's pretty much normal. How many miles on that oil?
You worried about that?
At'sa why they put a magnet there.
At'sa why they put a magnet there.
mjamusic
XS650 Addict
Looks good to me. I just changed oil in my XS2 yesterday. All the magnets had black fuzz on them. Felt like grease but it must have ferrous in it as it was only on the magnets.
mjamusic
XS650 Addict
This is good news! Thank you again to the vast wealth of knowledge in this forum!!
Ya! What they said. You should expect that every oil change. You just don't want to find pieces you can read part numbers on.
Ya! What they said. You should expect that every oil change. You just don't want to find pieces you can read part numbers on.
Hate when that happens...
Just change the oil again, it'll be fine.....
Hope that's not Madness or I'll fell bad.
Steve C
XS650 Addict
woof.
That’ll buff out right??
Right guys???
A little J B Weld and it'll be good as new.... the high temp stuff that is....
bikefreakjon
XS650 Addict
That's totally normal.
I don't get interested unless I can cut myself on the chunks.
I don't get interested unless I can cut myself on the chunks.
Wow I dont think I have ever seen such destruction on an XS engine on here. Man, what a mess! JC
mjamusic
XS650 Addict
After seeing all this I’d say I’m pretty happy to see some fuzz on filter.....lol!
Yes, what you've found is typical and normal. As your pic also shows, you'll often find a few little black bits and/or a few small metal chips. This is an old engine design and a bit crude inside. The best way I'd describe it is it runs a bit "dirty". The little black bits are rubber and my theory is they come from the rubber damper ring attached to the #4 starter gear. This ring gets old, hard, and begins breaking down. Here's a particularly bad one .....
mjamusic
XS650 Addict
Speaking of that starter gear...I have replaced the gear with a mikes one, also used an NOS spring clip per the forum, moved the clip to the correct notch in the cas and tested the pull with a scale and got 7lbs but am still having bad grinding during and for a few seconds after I push the electric start. Is there something else I should be looking at....Yes, what you've found is typical and normal. As your pic also shows, you'll often find a few little black bits and/or a few small metal chips. This is an old engine design and a bit crude inside. The best way I'd describe it is it runs a bit "dirty". The little black bits are rubber and my theory is they come from the rubber damper ring attached to the #4 starter gear. This ring gets old, hard, and begins breaking down. Here's a particularly bad one .....
