Recent content by michaelf

No, I'm pretty sure it's the crank. I pulled the cylinder off and can't get it to budge, pulled the clutch off and the tranny spins freely. So it's gotta be the crankshaft. I'm just not sure how it seized, unless there is some other possibility. I haven't split the case yet. I think today I'll...

I'm afraid that's what it is, do you think it could just seize up out of nowhere like that? They said nothing crazy happened, it just wasn't starting real easy. Which easily could have been the carb, since it's aftermarket

no no no, sorry i jumbled up everything I said, they took the clutch cover off this week, and haven't touched it since. but it seized before they did that

So I've been out of the country for a couple years, and left my blaster with my family, and not too long ago my brother was riding it, and it just wouldn't start anymore, (they don't have much experience with carbs, so they didn't try to resolve the problem) and so they did a pressure test on...