I don't know if anyone has been following my posts about my recent acquisition of a 1978 dt250.. Here's a quick recap:
prior owner indicated that he ran it after some storage time had elapsed, describing that it ran well that day, but would not start thereafter.
After a thorough look-through, I clean up the carb and ensured that I had spark and such. When I got a flywheel puller from the local yamaha shop, I pulled off the flywheel and found that the drive axle was damaged. The rail that guides the flywheel was shattered, allowing the flywheel to spin until the timing was beyond a running spec. :(
I got brave, and scored the axle and flywheel to mate them without the guide in place. After a hefty application of torque on the nut, the bike kicked over and ran really well. I didn't put it through any kind of major shake-down for obvious reasons.
SO! where do I buy a new dt250 drive axle? I see that most of the online shops I've found do not list any availibility. Anyone selling one?
If I end up having difficulty buying the parts, how crazy would it be to just have someone run a bead of welding to replace the shattered guide? even crazier: liberal application of permanent threadlocker on the flywheel-axle mating surface? Duct tape??
prior owner indicated that he ran it after some storage time had elapsed, describing that it ran well that day, but would not start thereafter.
After a thorough look-through, I clean up the carb and ensured that I had spark and such. When I got a flywheel puller from the local yamaha shop, I pulled off the flywheel and found that the drive axle was damaged. The rail that guides the flywheel was shattered, allowing the flywheel to spin until the timing was beyond a running spec. :(
I got brave, and scored the axle and flywheel to mate them without the guide in place. After a hefty application of torque on the nut, the bike kicked over and ran really well. I didn't put it through any kind of major shake-down for obvious reasons.
SO! where do I buy a new dt250 drive axle? I see that most of the online shops I've found do not list any availibility. Anyone selling one?
If I end up having difficulty buying the parts, how crazy would it be to just have someone run a bead of welding to replace the shattered guide? even crazier: liberal application of permanent threadlocker on the flywheel-axle mating surface? Duct tape??