lock up

i just got done puting in new stater and i rode home got done with lunch and the engine locked up on me 8O . do any of you guys know ruoghly how much it would but to rebuild engine

 

Way cheaper to find another running motor.

 

very true. However you might want to take your diagnosis a bit further?

 

Was it making any weird noise?

 

Jinkies 82, what a lousy way to end the day! We need a damage report. Pull plugs and investigate straight away.

 

pulled vavle cover and the timing chain is so tight it looks like it is about to shatter the teisnoner is all the way off. do any of yall know where i can get a timing chain

 

The timing chain should "LOOK" tight when you look at it up top.

You're going to need to do some logical troubleshooting to determine the cause of your problem, guessing will only get expensive and not solve anything.

The first thing I would do (ok second since the valve cover is off) would be to pull the ignition cover and turn the motor over by hand to determine exactly what the source of the problem is. Pull the plugs, let's figure out WHY the motor is "locked up" if it truly is.

 

ok pulled the head off and everything top side looks good. i am thinking maybe the gear on the crank snaped a tooth becuase now the cams are off the bottm end turns freely.

 

I dunno... LOOK in there you should be able to see that. I can't fathom how a chipped tooth on the crank sprocket could lock the motor. You sure you didn't spit a shim or something?

 

thinkin it jumped time vavle hit piston but there is not any signs of the piston being hit?

 

Is there a chipped tooth or isn't there? If it TOTALLY "jumped" then I suppose it's possible it caused it to lock up but I think you need to more closely examine everything.

 

If you think a valve hit a piston and got bent, you should be able to see them seat in the cylinder head. It will be obvious if it doesn't sit right.

 

If the bottom end turns freely after you release the cam chain, can you turn the cams using the cast in flats near the center of the cam shaft?
I would doubt you have a gear issue if you can turn the lower end freely.

 

robert r u saying that the head mit be the proplem





no chipped teeth

 

He's saying something in the head MIGHT be or have been the problem.

If you spit a shim it could lock the top end, but I would think it would cause visible destruction.

Now that everything's taken apart, you might have missed the issue.

 

basic rule of mechanical thumbs
ALWAYS check the last thing you fooled with.
Likey your stator got loose??

 

I would suggest you find out what components you have that can move and what can't.
Crank: Check, it moves. This indicates that the pistons and rings aren't melted together.
Cams: ???
You should be able to rotate the cam with a wrench with moderate effort. If you are fighting it with head removed, you have a problem.
At this point it is vital to determine what is locked up on the engine.
Let us know what you find please.

 

I think he already pulled the head and the bottom end is free and there is no chipped tooth on the crankshaft camchain sprocket.

Did you pull the cams or are they still in the head? If they're still in the head can you use the big hex on them and turn them as Robert suggested?

Is it possible as just suggested that this relates back to the repair you just performed and something came loose, jammed, and isn't jammed now?

 

could my stater really cause it to stop. because i just replaced my stater?


the head is fine i am sending it in to have a vavle job