Well, he's retired now...

Mechanic? Not officially, but he's got a belt-drive lathe in his garage and knows how to use it... He also taught me how to fix broken motors and such.

The only special tool you need that I know of is the one referenced in this thread http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=57161.15

He's coming down this weekend to pick up the monster I bought for him.  If you are interested, I'll send you his phone number and you can talk.

Quote from: j v on May 31, 2012, 08:22:28 AM
from that it sounds like perhaps the alt nut backed out so things could move away from the center of the crank (laterally), allowing that small gear on the crank to either quit contacting / spinning the layshaft gear and/or the woodruff key fell out and it ceased to spin all together...  unless i'm misunderstanding what you are saying.

yes thats exactly what happened. once the smal gear on the cranked back away from the wooddruff the timing stopped and the crank kept going. so the pistons were moving bu the valves were not

Quote from: Dirty Duc on May 31, 2012, 08:24:41 AM
Well, he's retired now...

Mechanic? Not officially, but he's got a belt-drive lathe in his garage and knows how to use it... He also taught me how to fix broken motors and such.

The only special tool you need that I know of is the one referenced in this thread http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=57161.15

He's coming down this weekend to pick up the monster I bought for him.  If you are interested, I'll send you his phone number and you can talk.

sure thing, maybe he can give me some good advice.

bummer dude.    during reassembly, put the double jambnuts a la Nichols on there to prevent such future catastrophes.   That blows.

Damn He Man,

It was only a few weeks ago that I saw your bike running perfectly fine. Good luck with the repairs. I'd ship it over to CO to work on it or buy a used bike there if finances allow. You don't want to be in Colorado in the summer and not have a motorcycle to enjoy it.

Quote from: Vishwacorp on May 31, 2012, 09:58:58 AM
You don't want to be in Colorado in the summer and not have a motorcycle to enjoy it.

+10000000

Quote from: DrDesmosedici on May 31, 2012, 10:52:17 AM
+10000000

+11ty billion. Fixed it for ya. 

Quote from: He Man on May 31, 2012, 08:57:51 AM
yes thats exactly what happened. once the smal gear on the cranked back away from the wooddruff the timing stopped and the crank kept going. so the pistons were moving bu the valves were not

that's crazy

i have heard of the alt nut backing off but usually there are shavings in the oil before catastrophe.  LT Snyder mentions it in his book.

for christ sake... what a bummer...
seriously, at this point, I'm thinking of putting a tack-weld on every single large nut inside my motor and worrying about replacing threads when the time comes!

Quote from: corey on June 11, 2012, 01:44:56 PM
for christ sake... what a bummer...
seriously, at this point, I'm thinking of putting a tack-weld on every single large nut inside my motor and worrying about replacing threads when the time comes!

Loctite would most likely be a more appropriate solution.

Quote from: ducpainter on June 11, 2012, 04:24:39 PM
Loctite would most likely be a more appropriate solution.

i know lol... hyperbole for effect

I figured

i had a killer quote to ship the bike out to here but couldnt get the scheduling right! im hoping another person will bid on uship for the right price. would love to make it to DiTR and spend 15 days riding home!

Damn. If I still had my truck and trailer, I would pick it up for you and then drop it off at BMS a month or so before Ouray...

its all good. i will find a way to get my bike here one way or another. I havent had much time to really put into this, but after looking through tons of manuals, i realized that i installed something wrong.

i dont think this is right for the gear to not be flush



By that same account, i knwo for a fact i put this in the wrong way.


the starter gear is way to forward because that thick spacer is on backwards. i need to swap that round and replace the stator magneto and then im going to swap the whole head rear head off.