ONly thing I know of that is hard to get apart & easy to put back together is a pair of magnets.

Sometimes when we take something apart, if enough care is taken, its possible to consider just HOW we will go about getting it back in there, but usually, we just get stuff apart as well as we can & just hope it goes back. Ive pulled starters out of cars that I was almost certain I would have to pull an exhaust or bend it, but finally, it comes out. Getting the new one in? Every bit as hard,,Its just the way it, man..Aint it FUN!!??
You won, tho,Right?

Well IF yer gonna kill yerself, dont set it on fire, okay? Probably isnt really too far out of whack & theres no good reason to ruin a good bike on yer way out.
So, what all did you do in there? What have you checked? How does it sound?  If you messed with the cam chain & it sounds funny, you may have it out of time.

I wont set it aflame yet. If you've read my lastest post on the forum upgrades section though you can pretty well geuss that my bike is basically my only hobby and joy aside from a girl who's been no good for me so far(thats a whole other story). Been without riding for 3 weeks doing all this work. Finally getting it all back together and having no go on ignition just makes me so depressed i could vomit on myself involuntarily. Anyway...knee-jerk reaction.

Im not getting any spark at all. Thats the only issue I've found so far. Hopefully the only one. It puzzles me though that either a plug or coil could go bad just having not been used for 3 weeks. Checked all the wiring. Nothing is loose pinched crossed or burned out. I'll get a new plug tomorrow before work. If that isnt it...ugh...it would be my kind of luck.

It's not always like that. Sometimes yo can cheat.
Read my thread on silly noid.  By the time I had frustrated myself enough gettigthe thing out of the parts bike, I figured how to cheat when working on the good one.

Pheloniu

It's all a process of elimination. Go through the systems one at a time to eliminate the ones that work. What ever is left is at fault.
I do not know if you have had experience with savage before but there are several safeties that are designed to not let the engine run when they are activated.
If you have a volt- ohmmeter it is easier.
When the key is on, does the headlight light up? If so then the key switch apparantly works. When you press the start button, does the headlight go out? It should because a power saving circuit temporarily shuts the light off to shunt all power to the starter and spark and compression release.
Next check the kickstand shut off switch. Trace the two wires back to the connecter where they enter the wire loom. (hint, it is under the seat and on my bike green in color for the connecters. Pull the connecters apart and at the upstream end temporarily put a small jumper wire between the two contacts. Try to start. If no spark, check the same sort of circuit on the clutch at the handlebar.
You said no spark. Does the engine actually turn over? If so does it turn over briskly or laborously?
Just check each system one at a time untill you finally corner the gremlyn and evict it.
The basic needs are to have compression, fuel mix,spark at the exact time it s needed. lack of any one of these is enough to prevent starting.
If you have spark but no ignition, the sequence of valve timong and spark timing may be wrong meaning that the cam is timed wrong.
Commonly this means 180 or 360 degrees out of time due to misunderstanding the timing marks upon assembly.

Phelonius

It cranks just fine.Sounds great doing it. It just never gets past that. All the lights work. Horn works. All safety's work except the kickstand which i disabled when installing ed ls controls. I bought a new plug to see but left it at work in my jacket. I did have the generator cover open but only to change a leaky gasket. What coudl I have screwed up? My timing on the cam is perfect i assure you. I assembled, checked, wasnt quite perfectly on so i did it again. Im spot on.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 10/03/09 at 22:02:13:


Timing is dead on. Im certain of it. Lobes down, marks aligned, piston at TDC. I set the valve lash before I put the engine back in and even set them a little loose in case. .005 rather than .003/4 and i turned the engine over several times by hand to be CERTAIN i was at TDCC. I was Hoping to do all this work real quick, break in the new rings, and head south by halloween. Im getting less hopeful on that count