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If it were me I'd go back to a faithful chain.

Ugh...

Well today I had the 79 lowrider out for a short put, when about 15 minutes from the house it decides to rev but not go. So after calling a friend to come get me, I get it home and open up the primary and I am greeted by a primary belt with no teeth. It would appear that someone did a belt drive conversion at some point on this relatively low mileage FXS. But, the belt was a little oily and there was no ventilation in the primary.

Howdy, welcome from Montana, USA

PAB1155     2024-03-19

PAB1154     2024-03-05

M1635        2024-03-07

i remember on my 71 fx the bendix was one of the first things that hit the garbage.plus
many other problems on my new 71 amf fx

spent the morning digging through my old stuff & found one. hard to find things around my little
house since my 2 adult kids (51&44) moved back. fsg i was hoping you had one so i could come down and
get it. the last time i was headed that, my ship got turned around because the uss pueblo was taken by
north korea. yes i am old. thank you Al

he can,t remember where he got the plates from & he don't have the old clutch.

Quote from: alstar2 on April 28, 2024, 07:57:07 AMcan the damper & damper seat
be eliminated?

Yes but you will have a crappy operating clutch

where did he get the new clutch from ?

has he still got the old narrow friction plate ?

Quote from: tc1550 on April 28, 2024, 08:30:16 AMJust click clicks batt tested ok power to main post 12v hitting starter button at green wire engine not sized batt connections are good

After finding those things, I would consider checking and cleaning all of the ground connections and then test the solenoid to see if the pull in winding has a complete circuit to the engine case. If that checks out and the solenoid is actually and actively pulling the contact disc in, then the disc may be carboned up from arcing and need to be cleaned or flipped over. The things I mentioned IMO are way more common that an actual starter winding failure.