[monspi]

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I need some advice. I finished replacing my head gaskets because I was getting coolant in the cylinders. Put it all back together and now it won't turn over. I can hear the starter try, but it makes no progress. I then discovered that unless it is in neutral, the back wheel won't spin, regardless of clutch pressure.

I'm pretty sure that I didn't mess up the timing when I pulled the heads, and I really don't see how I could have broken it. It would turn over before I took it all apart.

Where should I start trouble shooting?

 

[William_86]

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remove plugs and try to turn by hand. check timing alignment

 

[agnogel]

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Hi monspi and welcome to the forum as said you need to recheck the timing before you try to restart even turning the rear wheel by hand can bend a valve or two you might have the marks for the heads ok but you need to determin you have tdc on the crank shaft

 

[grambo]

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maybe 180 deg out of timing and valve bent on a cylinder...and no turnover...bummer!!...i did that 25 yrs ago on my 1st 1000
was a kick-myself heartbreaker....off came the head!

 

[DaveO430]

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William_86 change your avatar back to what it was, NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I agree with the others monspi, you got the cams out of time.

 

[monspi]

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Turns out that I had put the left pully on backward. And in reality, I probably had screwed up the timing, so it's a good thing and I didn't cause much damage. Got it all back together now.