The clutch arm seems like it almost bottoms out on the case when engages the gear. Not sure what that is indicative of. Is that just saying I need to adjust something? I will look at the article your referenced. Thanks.

Going to be re-rebuilding my motor again and am thinking about replacing some of the counter shaft parts. Any opinions on the control shaft and and when to replace the ball and springs? I'm also going to be replacing the clutch plates too. After I put it back together the first time and ran it a lit...

Jack, yes a die, I meant to say. Thanks, I will try a file and see where I get. You don't even want to know what I did. But thanks for the info!

Can anyone tell me what the tap side is for the clutch side of crankshaft? Needless to say I must of over tightened or cross threaded. 98 Super Rat.

I personally thought the political jab was funny. What made it funny is that it came out of nowhere. I'm still tryino to figure out what the hell it means. The only thing I can think of is that if I was a liberal in this situation I would hypothetically want the government to fix my bike instead of ...

Midwest, Wisconsin.

Ok, so I know I should break it back apart and put some sealant on the 2 halves. All the seals and bearings have been replaced. So right now double check my torque specs and seal. Possibly look into clutch rebuild. Hard to do a leak down right now because all the air going in goes straight out the c...

No timing was set. I simply put it back on the way it came off. Not sure how you set timing. Clutch worked that way originally after I bought it or at least similarly. But after locking the rear brake a few times it did improve somewhat. Looks like I have some more work to do. Can you explain the ti...

The clutch is still really finicky. It doesn't really let the gears grab uptil it's almost all the way released. I have it adjusted to the point where the lever that connects to the clutch cable is almost hitting the cover. I opened the the clutch when I had it apart and all the plates where separat...

Hey Guys, Good news! I checked the lawn mowers spark plug, same thing. Took over off cover and I had was screw that I know I tightened down on the rotor magneto thing? I tightened that SOB down and bang, she fired up. Thanks for hanging in there with me. My teachers always told my parents growing up...

Kick start seems to be fine. I get plenty of sputter when I do kick. It's positioned correctly. All the wires are hooked up. I believe there was 3 of them that I took apart to strip the bike down. So I guess until I get a spark that should be my objective right now.

Just checked for spark and it seem like I don't have that either. So right now I really don't know what the issue is. Seems like I could have a couple things not working. Thanks for the replies, I know you're all probably rolling your eyes!

The clutch might be the problem, when I originally tried to start after rebuild I had it all assembled. Second time I didn't have it hooked up.

I can't define anything right now. Lol. Won't start! Com pressing is reading 145 now. So that is good. I feel like I have some clutch issues. When I dont have the clutch hooked up it feels like it wants to run. If I hook up the clutch it barely sputters. Sorry guys. I know this isn't helping you hel...

Just put it back on...I did shoot some wd40 in cylinder. It does seem to have more compression just doesn't want to turn over. Ill check compression.

I took the head off and checked to make sure I had it orientated correctly. The ring was in place and fine.

I put in all new gaskets. I didn't hone anything. Piston and ring looked pretty good. Dint replace anything up there. Torque is good.

Is there a sealant that I should have used between the cases? If so could this be causing a compression issue?

That's kind of what I was thinking also buy wasn't sure.

Well after trying to do a leakdown test, I found the culprit or at least I hope it is. The Rubber flange coming of the the motor that attaches to the carb has a crack in the top of it. I didnt notice anything before so I'm assuming it happend while taking things apart. Maybe it had already started a...

Hey guys, I don't have any compression numbers but after replacing the seals and bearings on my Super Rat 98 it doesn't want to kickover. I can tell the compression isn't there. Where should I start? It ran before I broke it open so I'm assuming this is something I did wrong. Any suggestions or comm...

Yes, I'm referring to the engine bearings. So don't use the sealed ones on the motor. Stupid question but can I ask why?

I picked up some bearings today, some of them were sealed. I'm assuming that's fine. They weren't cheap either. Anyways, do a lot of guys freeze them before installing or use heat or both?

Sorry I thought that it was different person who posted that.

Wow, that's quite the contrast. How far are you on fixing it up?