stuck top end...

[BoboftheDeep]

My son, 14, in his infinite wisdom tried to start his Warrior without putting oil in. Thankfully it didn't start for other reasons, but something seems stuck in the head. It was making a wierd sound upstairs and when I removed the timing chain the sproken will not turn more than an 1/8th of a turn in either direction...any ideas?

2nd question... he tried to blame it on me for not supervising. I asked my dad how I learned this stuff and he said, "you figured it out yourself"...should I beat him?

 

[Warrior1996]

Did you try to turn the camshaft over with your hand? If you did, you wont be able to compress the valve springs by hand. As for the second question, I got nothing for you lol

 

[lbjamm]

Can you turn it over at the crank at all? BTW, welcome.

 

[2000]

Did you try to turn the camshaft over with your hand? If you did, you wont be able to compress the valve springs by hand. As for the second question, I got nothing for you lol

Yeah what he said

 

[BoboftheDeep]

No I tried with a wrench on the bolt. The timing mark was 180 degrees out of phase with the crank (peep sight T mark was spot on and line on sprocket was pointing down). I am having him remove the engine so we can bench it and pull the head...I'm trying to visualize what could be wrong...maybe a bent valve? What else would keep it from turnin? The 1/8 turn it will make in either direction is smooth...

 

[BoboftheDeep]

oh yea, what do you use to unload the valve spring on these 350 engines?

 

[duneracerweston]

Sounds like a dry piston ring set.