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93 flywheel 'coupler' cracked ? Is this a common thing?

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#1 · (Edited)
Hey guys, was doing the doohickey on my new to me 93 klr650, all going well there, however I noticed that part of the flywheel/rotor appears to be cracked in a pretty bizarre way. I haven't been able to find any reference to this in my forum searches so I'm here to ask if anyone knows of this? The one interesting thing I found was while looking for replacement parts in eBay I found someone else's rotor that was cracked in the same exact spot. Anyone have insight?

Edit: trying to figure out how to include pictures, as this is obviously pointless without them.

Edit edit: https://m.imgur.com/a/GPmxma1



 
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#2 · (Edited)
That is something that I have never heard of before, much less seen.

I have to admit to having taken only three sprag clutches off of rotors, though one of them I did several times.

Perhaps some of the others with more wrench time can weigh in. @pdwestman @Chuck_B @GreatWhiteNorth
 
#5 ·
Thanks guys, glad to know it wasn't just me. If I hadn't found the eBay picture I would have figured it was some crazy fluke, but I guess it still is 😂. It looks like they balance the flywheel but not sure if it's done as an assembly or just the part with the magnets. Think I might eBay an entire flywheel to keep it simple (and half the price of just the coupling).
 
#6 ·
The sprag clutch stuff, being a machined part, is naturally quite balanced.

The rotor is an amalgam of a drawn steel drum with magnets pasted inside and a timing bar tacked on the outside. It is not naturally balanced. It is manufactured by Denso and they do the drilling to balance the assembly.

I presume that KHI mate the rotor and the sprag rather than Denso.

I would not be afraid to buy only the sprag clutch bit if it were available.
 
#7 ·
Well I found a guy with a parts bike in town and picked up his entire flywheel for $30, going to put that in. Apparently the top end was trash, is there anything to worry about there? I don't see any metal shavings or anything and it spins free/ locks as it should.
 
#8 ·
Examine the sprag clutch for metallic debris and look inside the rotor for the same. If it is clean, it's good.
 
#9 ·
Ended up feeling a bit chonky in comparison to my flywheel, so I took his apart and think I'm just going to swap the bearing race in. His whole assembly has a lot more wear but the race appears ok. His clutch on the other hand is kinda ****ed up, the bottom side of the sheet metal guide is dented out from who knows what.

I would post the pics here but I'm on mobile and typing out the IMG code manually is a real pain. Pics are at this link though:
https://imgur.com/a/tQl8AGo

First is my cracked race, second is his race and third is the messed up clutch assy.
 
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