hmm i'll have to check that, would any other problems exist if there was too much play?

 

Not quite. Standard endpay is 0.0016-0.0028, with the max recommended of 0.0035. If it's not in spec you'll have to pull the front cover and replace worn components (usually the thrust bearings).

-Rob

 

Check your clutch fork too though, mine snapped under the new clutch/pressure plate and was all types of fucked. But as everyone else said, you can't diagnose the issue without dropping the transmission. Pray for a clutch fork because that's the easiest thing to fix. heh.

T.c.

 

Thanks.. I've never been through a rotary engine (still waiting for mine to give me a good reason to) and didn't have specs on me. On other used engine's I've dealt with .004-.006 isn't really atypical. I've seen almost .1 on one.. it was so bad it leaked about a quart of oil every 100 miles.

 

Talked to the guy @ pineapple racing, he seemed to put a hammer to the nail of this problem

He's saying if your pilot bearing is a good ~3/16" of an inch inserted in the eshaft and spins nice and smooth with the alignment tool / input shaft that that part is good and crankwalk wouldn't accelerate/cause the failure

and for the transmission side of things, the race on the nose/end of the input shaft must be very very smooth like a wheel bearing race, texture needs to be smooth to not bind up the bearing, if both of the above are achieved it can't really fail

guess i'll check it out this weekend