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2001 Kx125 engine tightness
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<blockquote data-quote="SRAD97750" data-source="post: 197650" data-attributes="member: 425"><p>Triple check the shims and gears are all in the correct alignment. Case guide/alignment pins can become distorted and can cause binding. It always takes me a couple trys.</p><p></p><p>I spent a month trying to get my brother's KDX200 to go back together. It would spin freely until the last 1/4 turn of the case bolts. Then the crank would lock up solid.</p><p>Baffled, as I have installed quite a few bottom ends, I troubleshot everything under the sun.</p><p>In the ~35 failed installation attempts I managed to screw up the threads on one end of the crank.</p><p></p><p>Replaced the crank with another used specimen from eBay, with new bearings and it installed first try. <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/noidea.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":noidea:" title="Noidea :noidea:" data-shortname=":noidea:" /></p><p>Must have mangled the original crank/bearings somehow. -BIG DAN<img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/thumb.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumb:" title="Thumb :thumb:" data-shortname=":thumb:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRAD97750, post: 197650, member: 425"] Triple check the shims and gears are all in the correct alignment. Case guide/alignment pins can become distorted and can cause binding. It always takes me a couple trys. I spent a month trying to get my brother's KDX200 to go back together. It would spin freely until the last 1/4 turn of the case bolts. Then the crank would lock up solid. Baffled, as I have installed quite a few bottom ends, I troubleshot everything under the sun. In the ~35 failed installation attempts I managed to screw up the threads on one end of the crank. Replaced the crank with another used specimen from eBay, with new bearings and it installed first try. :noidea: Must have mangled the original crank/bearings somehow. -BIG DAN:thumb: [/QUOTE]
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