It looks like a piece of the starter motor windings, maybe? If you have a look at the internals of a starter motor... it looks something like what you have got there.
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What the hell could this be
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Here are a few pictures of the motor with right side cover off and a few with the sump plate off
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But could those migrate to the right hand cover side
No kids and the wife never goes into that garage
If you haven't found anything unusual on your sump filter screen or on the filter screen on the right side case cover, then I would stop fretting, put the bike back together and enjoy riding it.
I have put a few mile on it already this year and yeah if it was steel I would be more concerned This summer I want to go from MN to Idaho but we always put on at least 500 mile here in MN before we head out west a shakedown for the bikes
It's just bizarre that that piece showed up
Just thinking out loud here....if that chunk was a piece of the starter motor windings, how could it get into the crankcase?
The starter and the rest of the engine are only connected via the starter output shaft and there is no way for a 3/8" piece of copper to get past that....
hmmmm.....
Are you sure you don't have any kids?
The starter and the rest of the engine are only connected via the starter output shaft and there is no way for a 3/8" piece of copper to get past that....
hmmmm.....
Are you sure you don't have any kids?
44 year old step son and he wouldn't mess with the bike
OK - well, it sure does LOOK like an electrical component.....
Very odd.
If a main crankshaft bearing cage were going, I'd expect to see a lot more bits of copper (or what ever material that is) in the oil and in the two oil "filters" (the little kidney-shaped side filter and the larger sump strainer).
I concur with other respondents that you should ride it and monitor the oil and filters carefully for more debris. I would check anything you find with a magnet too.
If you don't see any more of that coppery looking stuff - I'd go have a frank and open chat with the step-son about his sleep-walking.
Pete
Very odd.
If a main crankshaft bearing cage were going, I'd expect to see a lot more bits of copper (or what ever material that is) in the oil and in the two oil "filters" (the little kidney-shaped side filter and the larger sump strainer).
I concur with other respondents that you should ride it and monitor the oil and filters carefully for more debris. I would check anything you find with a magnet too.
If you don't see any more of that coppery looking stuff - I'd go have a frank and open chat with the step-son about his sleep-walking.
Pete
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Thanks to all you guys!!! I just have to keep checking it once and a while this summer to see if anything else turns up I'm just glad it's not steel I will keep it as a souvenir and hang it on my key chain for more discussions with people on the road
I'm also going to strain the oil as long as I have it in a container
If it was aluminum I'd say it was the end of a dipstick, a popular rolling around in the sump chunk.
exactly
