starter gear spacing on crankshaft

[smoothcrmnl201]

Hi folks, I was hoping someone could give me some insight into buying a used KLR 650. The guy wants $3,000 for a '98 in great condition (never been crashed or laid down). The bike has 5K miles on it. Is that a good price? Thanks, -Smoothcrmnl201

[Thor Lancelot Simon]

On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 01:31:59PM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

> So, it happened again: I adjusted the doohickey -- this time with the > case open, trying to be careful that it didn't bind on the shaft and > tip out -- and it's interfering, as impossible as that seems given the > amount of material we removed last time. (On the plus side, it must > have moved a _lot_, since the bike is running immensely smoother).

Incidentally, can anyone think of anything besides missing or bad thrust washers that would change the spacing of the relevant bits on the shaft (or otherwise change the clearance to the doohickey?) I'm pretty sure those washers are in the right places (and I know they were the first time) and we ground the heck out of the doohickey in Lander so I'm amazed that it's interfering again and I'm thinking that the spacing on the shaft may be wrong. Thor