Stripped Clutch

Hi all,

New here, first build. OCC chopper with a Grubee skyhawk gt5 and about an hour of riding before i broke

At the very least, I stripped the clutch shaft that the big nut threads on to secure the drive sprocket. In doing so, the engine spins freely and my chain doesn't respond when i rev the engine.

Why did this happen?? Now my drive sprocket is of course not in perfect alignment with the rear wheel sprocket (Apparently I can't eyeball a straight drill line), so could that have been the problem? Or is it just cheap china parts? My chain is tension is pretty tight as i need to clear the chopper bike's rear wheel frame.

Is this an relatively easy fix or should I go for a replacement engine? Should i figure some way to attach the chain idler in the future?

Any help would be MUCH appreciated... in the meantime, I will return to the garage and take apart the clutch assembly to investigate more.

yea, good way of putting it. Any advice to prevent shearing it again?

It failed while i was riding it, about 15 minutes away from home i realized i could no longer accelerate. I stopped to check it out and it kept chugging. It still provided a little bit of drive, just enough to cancel out it's drag while i pedaled home. When I got back home I had to suffocate the engine to stop it as my kill switch is broken.

I was just in the garage taking apart the clutch assembly when i got the gear puller stuck trying to take the big gear off. Sipping a pint of guinness now