At a complete loss. Very frusturated

[SEbanshee]

I got the cases back together and mounted in the frame of my Banshee. Every time I go to tighten the primary drive gear nut, it messes up the crank bearing on that side, and the crank shaft will not turn over by hand. I even had to buy a new bearing and replace the old one because it would not spin right. And now its doing it again. I tighten it down, and now the crank will not spin by hand. I have to use a wrench on the flywheel nut to spin it, and its very resistant. I'm not tightening the nut down hard either. The torque listing for it in my Clymers manual is around 47 ft. lb. I wasn't even close to that on my torque wrench. I just dont know whats going on. If anyone can help I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

[370banshee]

do you have the gera lined up right? make sure youri not pushign teh key into teh bearing..

[SEbanshee]

Yes, the gear is lined up as it should, and no the key isn't being pushed into it.

[370banshee]

hmm that was my shot in teh dark... i'm gonna have to think on this one...

[370banshee]

you have the seal in correctly... the clutch side crank seal should have the "LUGS" to the crank side...

[SEbanshee]

Originally Posted by 370banshee

you have the seal in correctly... the clutch side crank seal should have the "LUGS" to the crank side...

Yep, the seal is in correctly.

I dont know if it makes any difference, but I got the crank welded by Port Magic.

[370banshee]

if it was out of postion i;d think it woudl turn hard all the time.. but that doesnt; mean it;s not the case... damn thats wierd...

[SEbanshee]

Originally Posted by 370banshee

if it was out of postion i;d think it woudl turn hard all the time.. but that doesnt; mean it;s not the case... damn thats wierd...

I know. It was spinning perfectly fine before I tried tightening those gears down. This is the second bearing its happened to.

[370banshee]

is the bearign pressed all teh way back? i'm really fuckign confused... i'm abouit ready to go out and look at a couple cranks in the shop...

[SEbanshee]

Originally Posted by 370banshee

is the bearign pressed all teh way back? i'm really fuckign confused... i'm abouit ready to go out and look at a couple cranks in the shop...

Well, the crank is welded. The welds stick out a little from the crank, but it looks like its pressed up all the way against the welds as far as it can go.