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Clyde YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 15 Manakin Sabot, VA Gender:	Metallic Clang on Engine Shutdown 09/04/18 at 07:00:07 So I have tried doing some searching and didn't find anything regarding this. When I shut the bike off there is a metallic clang about 70% of the time. I have read on other forums for other bikes that single cylinder engines will do this if the engine cuts off mid compression stroke. Is this normal for the Savages?
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Metallic Clang on Engine Shutdown Reply #1 - 09/04/18 at 07:11:48 Year model Miles
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28890 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Metallic Clang on Engine Shutdown Reply #2 - 09/04/18 at 07:35:39 I would be very concerned with this on your year of bike as you don't have starter torque limiter. You might want to consider an upgrade. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1288911670
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Clyde YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 15 Manakin Sabot, VA Gender:	Re: Metallic Clang on Engine Shutdown Reply #3 - 09/04/18 at 18:21:48 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/04/18 at 07:11:48: Year model Miles 87, 25000 miles
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Metallic Clang on Engine Shutdown Reply #4 - 09/04/18 at 19:13:50 Verslagen answered what I was leading up to. It's seriously cam chain time if you haven't been in there. Unless you know someone has serviced it I would not start it again.
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2633 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: Metallic Clang on Engine Shutdown Reply #5 - 09/05/18 at 06:44:16 tic.tic.tic.tic Yep, it's a time bomb. Have a look at the cam chain before it all gets expensive.
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Metallic Clang on Engine Shutdown Reply #6 - 09/05/18 at 08:08:45 Kick back of the piston doesn't happen anywhere near 70% of the time ,and could be stopped by pulling out the choke a second before hitting the kill switch . I agree with the guys ,check your cam chain tensioner asap.
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Re: Metallic Clang on Engine Shutdown
Reply #7 - 09/05/18 at 10:34:03

batman wrote on 09/05/18 at 08:08:45:

Kick back of the piston doesn't happen anywhere near 70% of the time ,and could be stopped by pulling out the choke a second before hitting the kill switch . I agree with the guys ,check your cam chain tensioner asap.

I could be off on the 70% thing. Ive only started the bike about 6 times and it's made the noise enough times that I noticed it. I won't be starting it again and it's coming inside next week to be worked on..

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Metallic Clang on Engine Shutdown Reply #8 - 09/05/18 at 13:11:20 Good plan
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GOF Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 216 Buffalo, NY	Re: Metallic Clang on Engine Shutdown Reply #9 - 09/05/18 at 13:42:48 I've never heard a metallic clang when shutting down my '87. Is this something I should be concerned with?
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Panhead YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 21 Brandon, FL Gender:	Re: Metallic Clang on Engine Shutdown Reply #10 - 09/05/18 at 13:50:06 My 96 does that kickback when it happens to stop on compression stroke. Always has, as did my 86 as near as I remember. And I agree that upgrading to a later model starter drive is good insurance.
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Metallic Clang on Engine Shutdown Reply #11 - 09/05/18 at 13:55:21 Others here know more about this than I do, but we have heard of a loose nut that holds the flywheel ,but it is very rare (2-3 ) and I am not sure if it would make a "clang" or just increase vibration.
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Re: Metallic Clang on Engine Shutdown
Reply #12 - 09/06/18 at 02:56:58

batman wrote on 09/05/18 at 13:55:21:

Others here know more about this than I do, but we have heard of a loose nut that holds the flywheel ,but it is very rare (2-3 ) and I am not sure if it would make a "clang" or just increase vibration.

No clang.......horrible banging sound at idle that can be heard from a block away. The faster the engine goes the less noticeable the noise.

At idle it sounds like the rod is going to come loose at any second, and the banging coincides with the power pulses as the loose flywheel bangs on the splines.

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