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Spur gear is eating my air filter

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wn off a pretty large jump without a body on last week and moved my motor mount killing a spur gear. Got it all fixed up or so I thought and ran a coupe tanks today. Looked at it after and noticed my air filter and even carburetor have been hitting my new metal spur gear. Also noticed my clutch been seems to be wearing a little as well. Only thing is it seems to be wearing on an angle. How easy is it to bend a chasis? Or is there anything else that could be moved out of line this badly?
 
bike said:
Landed upside do
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wn off a pretty large jump without a body on last week and moved my motor mount killing a spur gear. Got it all fixed up or so I thought and ran a coupe tanks today. Looked at it after and noticed my air filter and even carburetor have been hitting my new metal spur gear. Also noticed my clutch been seems to be wearing a little as well. Only thing is it seems to be wearing on an angle. How easy is it to bend a chasis? Or is there anything else that could be moved out of line this badly?
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sounds like you bent your chassis,try and reset your mesh see if it lines up good.if not better off ordering a new chassis,but it sounds like its bent :\
 
Chassis is done. If it moves it enough to causing interference between your spur and filter, carb at that, you;re better off replacing it. That kind of damage would be sent up and down the chassis causing unseen handling issues does the road. Youll find parts not fitting right anymore, etc etc etc. Chassis are cheap on ebay.

Besides, you can let the new chassis sit in simple green, then polish it. ;)
 
I've bid on some new chassis on ebay. I'll strip it tomorrow and look to see if it actually is bent and how bad. I'm almost sure it is and some other parts are on there way if it's not... so no major loss on shipping and cost. Anyone had any luck straightening one of these for a temporary fix? I feel like if the spur gear is into the carburetor it's bent enough to see it with the eye. I'm guessing I should be able to stick a level on a new one and not see a gap anywhere.
 

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