Thanks TM ! yah I pulled the clutch off and in the process turned the starter on a few seconds and of course it fired up and idled but I turned it off immediately.... but I did that to see if the crank wiggled and sure enough it does... only about 1/32 to 1/16" but it does wiggle ! it's not true at all..... I was looking for what is making that sound and i found it !...... the primary drive gear has worn the clutch basket some and I can turn the clutch basket by hand and feel some slop on the primary drive gear.... that's the noise !
so to fix it I need a new primary drive gear , clutch basket and crankshaft or... jerry rig it and see if I can straighten the crank myself, I've done it before on a single cyl crank...so I guess I can do it on this one too... it's iffy but possible ! and run the primary and clutch basket as they are
it will still make the noise though and that is what I wanted to get rid of ! LOL
....I dunno if it's worth it to be quite honest.... it runs now and all that, if i tear into it it may never run again simply because of the parts issue
most people can afford a $50.00 part.... i can't so that makes it rather difficult to repair something correctly ! especially when even a used crank will set ya back $200 bucks and you have no idea what the bearings are like so they should be replaced ...and if your going to do that just do it to the original one..... I've contemplated boxing it up and sending the crank to Hugh's or whoever it is that does cranks... but I have no idea what he would charge to do it.... $500 bucks is out'a my league !
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sense I got the bike running I've put on about 50 to 75 miles on it on the back roads.... and the sound is getting louder the more miles I put on it
.... you know that Wrrrr sound I was complaining about ! .... now it'a just as loud as the exhaust ! ....
so as far as the XS650 is concerned it's hurt bad.... and fixing it takes money which I have very little of .... no very little of doesn't really explain the situation here....." if steam boats were a nickle a dozen, I couldn't buy the echo off their whistle" ! $50.00 a month Max is about all I can spend and I almost always regret doing that,.... because we run out of milk or food of some sort before payday !
but life sux then ya die so what else is new....LOL
so I dunno what to do.... I guess tear it apart and see if I can straighten the crank this winter. weld the pin and then re assemble
and hope I can afford the parts I'll need when I re assemble it..... that is as good a plan as I can come up with !
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Bob........