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sprag packed up

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 5:19 pm
by k1w1boy
... ad I said in my 'fix or replace' thread, I knew it was just a matter of time ... decisions, decisions... :smt011

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 5:32 pm
by Kwackerz
Fix sprag, Soldier on.

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 6:46 pm
by k1w1boy
found this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/APRILIA-STARTER-S ... RY-/320705 - any thoughts? Can't seem to find the straight-swap Ducati one for sale 2nd hand.

FYI noisy starts for two weeks, then when it 'went', was anticlimactic - clutch in, pressed starter, and got kinda a quiet buzzing but no crank. Anyone whose went in a similar manner need to buy anything other than the above(ish) part for the repair? Thinking of giving the job to my geriatric local spanner monkey with the blow-by-blow description on AF1 (Nooj?), and he bitches and moans if faced with anything unforseen (still, love him - he's put up with doing services for me for 6 years).


















....still want a newer, prettier one.... you know, the black framed ones... with the shock-mod .... and those cool looking aprilia carbon cans ... and maybe a black powder coated mille swing arm :smt019

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 6:51 pm
by Samray
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 7:53 pm
by Kwackerz
New oil filter and oil,
New sprag
..and probably strip and clean the clutch plates?

Someone will come along with a full answer but that would be my budgeting

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:40 pm
by Aladinsaneuk
dont buy a second hand sprag

cost it up being repaired by a decent spanner man - and cost up the value of your bike.....

then cost up getting done to it what you want - add that all up and compare it to the cost of a new steed....

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:36 pm
by Nooj
Thinking of giving the job to my geriatric local spanner monkey with the blow-by-blow description on AF1 (Nooj?)
Eh? What? It wasn't me! I didn't do anything!

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:32 pm
by mrapriliafalco

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:35 pm
by mrapriliafalco
If you can get them for the price of the link above, why does everyone say weight up the with cost of the bike

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:55 pm
by D-Rider
mrapriliafalco wrote:If you can get them for the price of the link above, why does everyone say weight up the with cost of the bike
Good point, well made :smt004

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:38 pm
by Aladinsaneuk
because the chances are that the sprag may well have damaged other bits around it....

also - if you cannot do the job yourself, it would be a few hours labour - iirc they normally run from 350 to 500 to get sorted by a spanner monkey....

and, hoping not to cause offence, this particular falco needs a bit of tlc and other bits sorting.....

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:18 am
by mrapriliafalco
Its just a frighting thought that one part can kill a falco off.
And down to a battery I cant see how this cannot be a fault of the company.

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:02 am
by D-Rider
Small bits in the wrong places can do nasty damage but plenty of sprags have been repaired and replaced without adverse effects. Until the cover is pulled off of it, we don't even know whether there has been any colateral damage.

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:38 am
by Falcoholic
Not a difficult fix really if you're half a spanner fiend.

Done mine twice and another for somenone else on an early mille.

Hardest thing is getting the flywheel off. It will need heat. I bastardised my fly wheel puller to suit this.

Check AF1 forum for replacement sprag. KTM sprag exactly the same and only about £60 if I remember.

Need any help then let me know. PM me or we can chat over the phone.

FFS dinnae be stuck.

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:54 am
by Falcoholic