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Originally Posted by toytime  I'm still trying to figure out what that "rubber" was that you mentioned. I guess it may have been a puck from the clutch?
The key breaking seems logical, you said the gears got rammed with that "rubber" and the key did it's job.
I think it's time to get a $100 engine and keep the other for parts.
Your at 19 posts, was this a new engine? |
The engine was my newest one, but BGF gives no warranty.
I think the ground up rubber was just left over from clutch slippage- I tend to overuse the clutch, letting it slip a bit on takeoff. It seemed like a lot, but I checked and my other BGF motor is the same. All the pucks were in place- I checked.
Also, it was definitely the chunk of steel (not rubber) that got caught in the gears- the teeth are clearly gouged by something very hard. Now, I am not completely certain that it IS the woodruff key- but the key was missing and the chunk of metal was about the right size. It is so mangled though, that it could have been anything.