August sucks so far!

[Stephen]

Lost a spring in the Zx14's clutch basket... it bounced around gnawing the case, then took out the oil pump gear. Cause at this point: Unknown.

As I was rolling along at the side of the road (after shutting down the motor), I picked up a 1" piece of obsidian in my brand new rear tire (DOT was paving the road).

It sucks to be me.............. :angry2:

 

[juniorfjr]

The silver (sic) lining is you do have another bike. Good juju coming your way.

 

[FJRay]

Looks like things have been pretty warm in there.

 

[escapefjrtist]

I was thinking the same thing Ray.

Didn't you learn anything in school Stephen? 8000 RPM clutch drops + big a$$ed rear tire equals big bang theory... j/k. Hope the damage doesn't go too much deeper...and you do have an extended warranty, right?

--G

 

[03HiYoSilver]

Stephen,

Good Luck on your fix... at least you have your FJR with no 6th gear.

 

[Stephen]

In the state of Washington, Kawasaki doesn't offer an extended warranty.

Or yes, I would have purchased it.

I ordered most of the parts off ebay. Had to order an new clutch basket (AMA discount from BikeBandit.com).

I'm going to miss that 6th gear.

 

[wfooshee]

Dude! How deep are you gonna have to dig to get all that **** outa there? You know there's junk in the crankcase, right? I hope you aren't thinking a new pump gear and clutch is all that needs to be done . . . . . When you drop the oil pan you'll be able to tell a bit more about the ditribution of bits that's occurred.

 

[Stephen]

Oil pan off. More spring pieces and some shavings.

Using a super-magnet to collect as much stuff as possible that I can see or reach.

Two changes of oil & filter. That's about all I can do without splitting the cases.

 

[LowAndSilent]

Ouch. Very ouch. Goodluck with the repairs.

 

[fjrchooser]

Yes it did, for more than just one of us. Maybe Sept. will be better?