82xsHeritage
XS650 Member
Hello,
So, my '82 xs650 was having charging issues. I checked the stator brushes and they were considerably worn, so I replaced them. In doing so, I removed the left hand engine cover, although in hindsight, I know I really didn't have to. While I was taking things apart, I realized that my vacuum hose coming off of my petcock was cracking, so I went ahead and replaced that while I was taking things apart. I also decided to put some seafoam in my carbs while I was getting my hands dirty as the bike just sat all winter. I drained the float bowls, measured out how much fuel was in the bowls. I then measured out the same amount of seafoam and poured it in the carbs through my fuel line, let it sit overnight and drained the seafoam the next day.
After putting everything back on, reconnecting all fuel lines and refilling the floats with fuel, I go to start her up, won't turn over. I try to kickstart, the lever won't budge. It is my understanding that this is an indication of a seized engine. While trying to assess what is seized I realized that my clutch isn't engaging--I can't shift gears. I have tried to adjust the worm gear, I still have the bearing in the worm gear. If I manually turn the worm gear all the way to the left with a screwdriver, I can get the clutch to engage and I can shift gears, but when I try the adjust the worm gear so that will make this turn with the pulling of the clutch lever it doesn't turn nearly as far as I turn manually.
I'm at a loss as to what is going on here. It seems odd to me that I have to mess with any adjusting at all as all I did was remove the cover for maybe three days while I got parts. I also don't know if this is related to my carb cleaning at all, or my vacuum hose replacement. I know I am getting fuel to the float bowls, as I can drain fuel out. Any suggestions on what to assess or adjust would be great appreciated. I really don't know what to try and even fix at this point.
So, my '82 xs650 was having charging issues. I checked the stator brushes and they were considerably worn, so I replaced them. In doing so, I removed the left hand engine cover, although in hindsight, I know I really didn't have to. While I was taking things apart, I realized that my vacuum hose coming off of my petcock was cracking, so I went ahead and replaced that while I was taking things apart. I also decided to put some seafoam in my carbs while I was getting my hands dirty as the bike just sat all winter. I drained the float bowls, measured out how much fuel was in the bowls. I then measured out the same amount of seafoam and poured it in the carbs through my fuel line, let it sit overnight and drained the seafoam the next day.
After putting everything back on, reconnecting all fuel lines and refilling the floats with fuel, I go to start her up, won't turn over. I try to kickstart, the lever won't budge. It is my understanding that this is an indication of a seized engine. While trying to assess what is seized I realized that my clutch isn't engaging--I can't shift gears. I have tried to adjust the worm gear, I still have the bearing in the worm gear. If I manually turn the worm gear all the way to the left with a screwdriver, I can get the clutch to engage and I can shift gears, but when I try the adjust the worm gear so that will make this turn with the pulling of the clutch lever it doesn't turn nearly as far as I turn manually.
I'm at a loss as to what is going on here. It seems odd to me that I have to mess with any adjusting at all as all I did was remove the cover for maybe three days while I got parts. I also don't know if this is related to my carb cleaning at all, or my vacuum hose replacement. I know I am getting fuel to the float bowls, as I can drain fuel out. Any suggestions on what to assess or adjust would be great appreciated. I really don't know what to try and even fix at this point.