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Offline MyckMcClung

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« on: February 03, 2012, 12:17:00 AM »
Hey everybody!! I know I've been absent from the forums for a while and I apologize. You all must be lost without me. Ya right.
Anyway, you may remember last year I was doing quit a bit of work on my KX250, and had gotten my youngest boy a 99' KX60.
Well it's time to step him up to a KX65, he is using all of the suspension on that little 60 and parts availability is not what it used to be.
So my buddy comes up with this 03'KX65 and it needs some work, mostly brakes, a clutch, waterpump seal, and some cosmetic stuff. So I gave it the once over and got a parts list together and we worked out a deal, $550. So in the next week I'll be posting updates and photos of the rebuild.

First order of business was to figure out why the clutch didnt work but the bike still moved, so I pulled off the cover and what do you know the clutch plates are fused together, WTH?? Everything else looks real good though. So with the parts ordered, and them starting to come in already I will start the actual repairs on Monday.

I will be setting this little sucker up for woods riding, so the first mods will include Hand Guards, Skid plate, torque spacer, all reused from his 60, new plastic and graphics, adjustable levers, and in the future FMF turbine core and fatty, radiator brace, frame guards, and if I can find a bigger tank, a bigger tank.


 
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If a pair of 2" brass balls isn't working, I doubt that the 3" model will make much difference.

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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2012, 12:28:51 AM »
Nice bike. It sounds like a fun project. How do clutch plates fuse them selves together? Do you mean fuse as in melted, or just as in rusted/corroded together?
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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2012, 01:51:12 PM »
it appears that it's both, lol. I couldn't even pry them apart with a screwdriver. :o
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« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2012, 03:29:03 PM »
leaky water pump + hot clutch plates = stuck together.
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Offline MyckMcClung

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« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2012, 03:41:38 PM »
yep
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« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2012, 03:23:31 AM »
Oh fun! Cant wait to see that little rocket ship when it's done!
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« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2012, 05:15:09 PM »
I love when an adult rider who has no idea of the power these little produce jump on and think they are going to show off...  its very entertaining when the bike dumps them and they realize how much power these litle bikes produce...  :o  :D
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« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2012, 05:41:57 PM »
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I love when an adult rider who has no idea of the power these little produce jump on and think they are going to show off...  its very entertaining when the bike dumps them and they realize how much power these litle bikes produce...  Shocked  Cheesy
I have seen that before  :P
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« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2012, 08:27:01 PM »
Better thing to watch the mini dads when their kids aren't going fast enough for their taste so they jump on the bike ad scream it in a straight line and can't turn on corner on it much less one their own size
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« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2012, 09:56:10 PM »
very cool, i bet the young fella is excited...
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« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2012, 04:26:34 PM »
Hey guys sorry for the delays. My Girl was in town last week and I've had my kids all this week.
The graphics are installed, however the side panel graphics wont stick, what do you expect for $40, oh well.
I got the silencer/spark arrestor, and new levers installed with the assistance of my son.

here's a pic of the clutch pack
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« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2012, 06:46:45 PM »
Quote from: eprovenzano on February 07, 2012, 01:15:09 AM
...its very entertaining when the bike dumps them and they realize how much power these litle bikes produce...  :o  :D

After I built that KX60 for my nephew I came up the driveway and grabbed a handful in second and about flipped it LOL. Fast little bikes for sure.

Those plates are crazy Myck. Looking forward to progress pics.
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« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2012, 11:36:57 PM »
Wow, it almost looks like a weld bead in between the plates. I'm amusing your buying new ones instead of trying to separate those right?
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« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2012, 08:37:32 PM »
yes the new plates are soaking as I type.
Tomorrow I will get to the nitty gritty and post some more pics
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« Reply #14 on: February 18, 2012, 09:17:57 PM »
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yes the new plates are soaking as I type.
Tomorrow I will get to the nitty gritty and post some more pics
Nice. I heard somewhere though that soaking the plates weren't necessary, that the transmission would just spin the oil between them when the clutch is open. But, I don't blame you for taking the extra precaution, I would to  ;D
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