I got a gx 35 surprise today

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Quadranut

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My little Honda has performed flawlessly with everything it has gone thru. Mind you nothing harsh, no jackrabbit starts,
pedal up before throttle, etc. etc. But this one has me scratchin my head.

After the last few runs, my little girl seemed to feel sick, Hard to start, yeah a little cold out but nothing extreme, but ran fine.

I also found that she was a little more thirsty for oil lately

About time to pull the spark plug and see how my little girl is doing. After all she's my baby.

Lo and behold here is about a 3/16 th of an inch hole in my valve cover.
Now I know why oil was leaking onto the gas tank this last week. I pulled the cover and found that the
timing belt pulley or something from below had scraped the inside of the cover and poked the aforementioned hole. I also found a couple of
pieces of plastic parts, or what's left of them, stuck to the inside of the cover from the oil.

After I plugged myself into the battery charger to restart my heart, I pulled on the recoil. Locked tight.
Pulling the starter off I could rotate the crank around by hand, so at least she ain't seized up.

Also now she won't start ( disconnected kill wire at the motor ) Wants too but only managed a few turns before the dang
re-engaged killing her.

Now she is sitting in the garage, carburetor flooded, pretty red cover on the floor, busted starter ( I think ), two mysterious
pieces of plastic sitting next to my tool box, and me bawling my eyes out because my little girl is hurtin' bad.

If anyone out there had this problem before, please help me out here. I am crying for my baby to be whole again.

Life will never be the same without Her.


This all happened within 2 hours of a short 3 mile ride BTW and I can't figure this one out

You guys and gals have been a godsend to a noob like me in the past and I thank you for it.

Red
 
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found some other stuff

Upon further investigation the following has been determined

Rotating the crank by hand I saw the top timing gear come into view. At least 3/4 of it. The other 1/4 is rattling around in the
crankcase somewhere. The timing belt don't look too bad, but I don't trust my eyesight in low lighting. So far approximately 150 bucks to fix

seems kinda high for a 239 dollar motor. But hey maybe I can fix it myself...................yeah right a total engine rebuild on the garage floor with
a pair of vice grips, a busted flat tip screwdriver, and a 10 year old roll of duct tape.

BUT


She's my baby and I will bring her back to life

The saga continues

Any ideas y'all got would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Red
 
Hey Thanks IbedaYank

Much appreciated. Jack's looks like they deal with a lot of different stuff. Much more than I can find locally.

little more update

the gear pin is also busted ( I found the other half of it when I emptied out the crankcase)

I will call Jack's Monday and see if that gear is an assembly or are there other parts. ( See this is what happens when you swing a hammer for 30 + years instead of getting greasy and fixing motors )

I was also wondering if you knew how to set the timing, or if you could point me in the right direction. I do know that, at least I think I know, that the piston has to be TDC and the intake cam should be ready to open, but how to determine that without taking the head off ?

BTW no shavings, pieces, or otherwise got into the cams as far as I can see. Thank the MB Gods for that
 
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There is triangle mark on the flywheel and another triangle mark on the cam.When both are pointing straight up its in time.
 
I'd buy another one (used or new), get back on the road, then rebuild the broke one or save it as a parts engine.OR find a R/S EHO35 and be done with it.
 
Thanks Sub but I like the motor the way it was out of the box. Except now LOL I think I will do a little tinkering. BTW the end results from the blow up a couple of weeks ago
 

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Then it should be pretty easy to fix then Don't ya think ? :giggle:

And I don't think a v4 would fit on my bike :D

BTW Sub you have any ideas on how to get the camshaft out ? Just asking before I start tearing into it

Thanks

Red
 
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