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Message started by Cindi Knox on 09/13/05 at 07:13:21

Title: What broke?
Post by Cindi Knox on 09/13/05 at 07:13:21

What parts have actually failed on your Savage? Battery? Igniter? Rectifier? Coil? Side stand switch? Headlight? Petcock? O2 sensor?

Title: Re: What broke?
Post by torque on 09/13/05 at 07:29:13

Cindi Knox wrote:

What parts have actually failed on your Savage? Battery? Igniter? Rectifier? Coil? Side stand switch? Headlight? Petcock? O2 sensor?

02 sensor? youve gotta be kidding me!

Title: Re: What broke?
Post by threezukes on 09/13/05 at 07:37:26

My starter switch might have been broken. It looked new when I bought the bike. Also, me engine was burning oil really bad so I had it overhauled.

Title: Re: What broke?
Post by Cindi Knox on 09/13/05 at 07:39:58

My ignition switch died. Burned up. After that I added a relay to run things like the horns (FIAMMS), tank bag (mine lights up), etc.

Also, I had the battery's negative post come lose internally from the plates. During a rally that started in Fort Davis Texas (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=prude+ranch&ll=30.615731,-103.870817&sll=30.615755,-103.870840&spn=0.204624,0.289301&sspn=0.006731,0.009516&t=h&num=10&start=0&hl=en). And I was in the mountains (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.953917,-105.705417&sll=30.615755,-103.870840&spn=0.006235,0.009041&sspn=0.006731,0.009516&t=h&num=10&start=0&hl=en). In the middle of the night. Between Saturday and Sunday. And I was riding in the mountains. With my thumb on the negative post to keep the bike running.

Title: Re: What broke?
Post by WD on 09/13/05 at 08:20:15

Sidestand switch. Caliper (twice). Headlight bucket. Forkseals.
-WD

Title: Re: What broke?
Post by vroom1776 on 09/13/05 at 09:29:33

the coil assembly/ignition died on me. $70 to replace the parts.

After redlining ther bike for 4200 miles in about 4 days, my cam chain tensioner (it's a ltittle spring) also died. This, however, did not prevent the bike from running, it just ran like crap and wouldn't go over 65. I "had" to get where I was going, and I pushed it the last 800 miles in 20 hours. With an hour left, one of my footpegs fell off. :P

My high/low beam indicator does not work, but who cares?

Uh, I think that's it.

Oh, incidentally, my friend has a suzuki hayabusa, and his cam chain tensioner also broke, but he ended up bending a valve stem pretty good and chipping a starter motor gear, if I recall correctly.

WD: How did your calipers break?

Title: Re: What broke?
Post by Jim_R on 09/13/05 at 21:08:15

my chain tensioner broke before i bought it and then i was always wondering why it was so loud and sounded like the chain was slappin in it heh. Uh then one day it died and it broke my chain, bent my valves and ect. I had to get the whole top rebuilt. Expensive!!! Oh well besides that its still a great bike.

Title: Re: What broke?
Post by gazab44 on 09/14/05 at 05:02:03

Only thing I could say has genuinely broken down is the plug lead.....so far....

Title: Re: What broke?
Post by Reelthing on 09/14/05 at 05:11:28

other than normal wear items - the blinker relay - dead short blew the 20amp fuse, and the mirrors got to rattle'n so loud i replaced them.

Title: Re: What broke?
Post by Savage_Rob on 09/14/05 at 06:19:19

One of the cylinder head cover bolts broke while I was torquing it down. It wasn't even close to the required torque yet either. Luckily, after removing the cover, about 2mm of it protruded from the head such that I could grasp it with longnose vise-grips and back it out a bit at a time.

I've also replaced the battery with an Odyssey, although stock batteries should almost be considered consumables like brake pads, lightbulbs, tires, oil filters, etc.

Title: Re: What broke?
Post by Kropatchek on 09/14/05 at 06:30:16

Replaced the starter relay once. Unnessessary because the battery connection turned out to be loose.
Apart from changing the brakepad for and aft and the reartire that was worn (knok on wood)

NOTHING

Greetz
Kropatchek ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: What broke?
Post by WD on 09/14/05 at 08:13:57

Simple, the caliper seals ruptured.
-WD

Title: Re: What broke?
Post by HawkEye1967 on 09/14/05 at 18:51:57

started drive gear broke and busted crankcase, had the crankcase welded over 3 years ago, cam chain tenisioner, guide and chain, rear drive sproket, (worn uneven caused a loud squeal), grips, (wipe out), other than that just regular replacement of tires, brakes, etc.

Title: Re: What broke?
Post by DavidV on 09/14/05 at 21:01:16

Battery, tires, front brake pads. But they're all consumables, so five years or 8,000 miles seems about right. Nothing else replaced besides upgrades.