Engine question

[Stephen Hampson]

When operating normally the following is true:

Clutch lever out - gearbox in neutral the rear wheel will spin by hand.
Clutch lever out - gearbox in 1st or any other gear the rear wheel will not
spin easily by hand.
Clutch lever in - gearbox in neutral the rear wheel will spin by hand.
Clutch lever in - gearbox in 1st or any other gear the rear wheel will not
spin easily by hand.

If the clutch was initially seized then the wheel would spin if in neutral.
If it did not spin in neutral then it was gearbox seizure.

I doubt it would be a broken ring, more likely a seized ring which the tow
has cleared. However it may not of been to kind to the cylinder bores if it
was.

Is the motor running now?


Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com] On
Behalf Of Jonathon Jay
Sent: 29 May 2009 20:13
To: dwaynedaniels at sbcglobal.net; Kawasaki GPZ1100 discussion;
johnsoliday at msn.com
Subject: RE: Engine question


The rear wheel would turn uf it was in gear with the lever pulled or it was
in nuetral.

Regards- 

J

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> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:15:52 -0700
> From: dwaynedaniels at sbcglobal.net
> Subject: RE: Engine question
> To: annihilator1100 at hotmail.com; gpzlist at micapeak.com; 
> johnsoliday at msn.com
> 
> Had to be either the engine was seized or the tranny was seized. I'm not
sure how the tranny may have been siezed up unless there was something
caught in the teeth of a some gears. 
> 
> --- On Fri, 5/29/09, John Soliday <johnsoliday at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: John Soliday <johnsoliday at msn.com>
> Subject: RE: Engine question
> To: "'Jonathon Jay'" <annihilator1100 at hotmail.com>, "'Kawasaki GPZ1100 
> discussion'" <gpzlist at micapeak.com>
> Date: Friday, May 29, 2009, 11:53 AM
> 
> 
> If the clutch plates were stuck together the rear wheel would still 
> turn if in neutral.  Hard to believe a piston ring would hold the rear 
> wheel unless it was already broken and jammed in the cylinder.  
> Doesn't sound likely but I can't think off hand of what else it would
be...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com 
> [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com] On Behalf Of Jonathon Jay
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 4:22 AM
> To: Kawasaki GPZ1100 discussion
> Subject: Engine question
> 
> 
> It's late at night and I can't sleep. Do you all remember my e mail a 
> couple of weeks ago regarding what I thought was a stuck clutch?
> 
> Perhaps someone can answer this:
> 
> The rear wheel would not turn with the clutch lever released out.
> 
> When I pulled the clutch lever in, the rear wheel would spin no problem.
> 
> If this was a stuck clutch would the position of the lever being 
> pulled in or out even matter?
> 
> 
> 
> I'm starting to think that I had a stuck piston ring. Am I wrong? I 
> got whatever it was unstuck by pulling the bike with my truck at 5-10 
> mph and repeatedly releasing the clutch lever. Now I'm worried I may 
> have snapped a piston ring.
> 
> Please someone explain to me how these assemblies work in relation to 
> turning the rear wheel. I really hope it wasn't an internal engine 
> thing, but if it was, perhaps the 15 or 20 releases on the lever is 
> what it needed and I didn't break something?
> 
> 
> 
> Input please, so I can sleep better.
> 
> Regards-
> 
> J
> 
> What's The Difference Between Ignorance And Apathy?
> ~ I Don't Know And I Don't Care ~
> 
> 
> 
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