engines locked up ?

[rybes]

mornin all, well today was supposed to see the startin of the tiger but all it does is click n nuffin else. can only get it to turn over by hand about a fraction of a turn backwards but just wont turn over forwards at all. has somthin fallen down from the alternator drive shaft, when it come out, to lock it up or is the engine no good ?

[rf9rider]

Mornin mate, did you try and turn it over when you first got it?

What work you done on it?

Have you tried it without the plugs in?

[rybes]

alright mate, no i didnt. its in the gearbox area. can move it bout an 18th of a turn then theres a loud clonk and it stops. im thinkin somthins fell off the alternator shaft or summink. so gunna take off the clutch n find out if its engine or box but either way the engines gotta come out n be stripped down. now i gotta find somehwere with space so i can pull it apart.

if the alternator shaft comes out while the engine is upright would anythin fall off and into the engine ?

[Mustang]

the sprag clutch, will fall into the innards ...................

[rybes]

thats what i feared 

[fraserdog]

A mate had the same syptoms and the Alternator had disintegrated,he found this out after stripping the engine out of the frame and barking up most of the wrong trees!.He wished he had looked at the alternator first and save all the extra time and effort removing the engine and stripping it.

[rybes]

alternators all good fraser. engines out but cant strip it down as the tool i need is in denmark gotta see if i can get hold of one today. bloody triumph n their torx bolts

[rybes]

well engines in half, gearbox is out and the the bits that are supposed to be on the alternator shaft are on it and now its upside down it turns over. wtf jammed it up.

[ram33]

something broke loose and floating around?

[rybes]

not that i could see. the alternator shaft had broke the bolt on the clutch en so im wonderin if the starter gear had come off and jammed up ?

[Mustang]

not that i could see. the alternator shaft had broke the bolt on the clutch en so im wonderin if the starter gear had come off and jammed up ?

where is the bolt head for the clutch end alt shaft?

[rybes]

was in the shaft loose, where its supposed to be. jus broken

[fraserdog]

Are you sure the alternator spins freely and it's definitely not that that is causing the lockup?

[rybes]

alternators fine. im at a loss now, ive used all me knowledge up. anyone want a pile of tiger parts ?

[Bixxer Bob]

Gotta do my brake pads tomorrow, then run out to bed them in so could pop over later?