Hondaman900
06-20-2008, 02:58 PM
Well, I was adjusting my clutches yesterday. I was delighted that it started up first try after about 8 months of sitting. The levers catch when pulled or pushed all the way out, such that you can take your hands off, and they won't return to center. I can push them and they release and spring back to center. In any case, I could could adjust the clutches out so that they didn't catch, but then there was too much travel and not enough bite on the clutches. But at least it told me (I think) that the thrust screws/mechanism was not to blame. Pulled the sides off and all looked remarkably good and clean.
So, in the last stages of testdriving, and as I was turning into my driveway, there was a godawful grinding, screeching, munching noise, a hideous smell, and the machine went wild. I had to wrestle it to a halt, but not before it took out a driveway light and bush.
Looks like a wire/harness came loose somewhere and snagged in the drivebelt, and basically ripped itself asunder. All the wiring has been stripped and shredded and copper shards are all over the pavement. The rectifier and other parts were lying in a pool of hydro fluid in the driveway. The main + lead from the battery is wrapped around the driveshaft. The alternator is stripped of wires. The seatbelt is shredded and somewhere in there a hydraulic hose is torn out based upon the fluid (lost about 2 gals I'm figuring from the stream down my driveway). The previous owner had been messing with the wiring harness, and I had it working reliably, but I hadn't noticed any loose parts in danger of being snagged. Obviously I missed something.
So now I'm waiting on a friend to come by and help me tow it out of the driveway and I'll work on it later. The fishpond project will have to wait indefinitely. Needless to say I'm not in a really good mood today :(
So, in the last stages of testdriving, and as I was turning into my driveway, there was a godawful grinding, screeching, munching noise, a hideous smell, and the machine went wild. I had to wrestle it to a halt, but not before it took out a driveway light and bush.
Looks like a wire/harness came loose somewhere and snagged in the drivebelt, and basically ripped itself asunder. All the wiring has been stripped and shredded and copper shards are all over the pavement. The rectifier and other parts were lying in a pool of hydro fluid in the driveway. The main + lead from the battery is wrapped around the driveshaft. The alternator is stripped of wires. The seatbelt is shredded and somewhere in there a hydraulic hose is torn out based upon the fluid (lost about 2 gals I'm figuring from the stream down my driveway). The previous owner had been messing with the wiring harness, and I had it working reliably, but I hadn't noticed any loose parts in danger of being snagged. Obviously I missed something.
So now I'm waiting on a friend to come by and help me tow it out of the driveway and I'll work on it later. The fishpond project will have to wait indefinitely. Needless to say I'm not in a really good mood today :(