Two things. If you suspect either one, try not to engage the starter anymore without a visual inspection via removal of the left engine cover.
Springs and Shafts:Martlet "I had it (03 America ) for 2 days and put 100 miles on it. I loved it. It rode great, looked great, and was comfortable. Then I went to the store, came out, and the starter just whined. Supposedly a starter gear fell off, rattled around and damaged the case."
Dinqua "That is what can possibly happen if you don't put the little
springy washer back in right. or if they did the clutch springs and "forgot" to put the little
starter gear shaft back in too. They busticated it originally I would bet. There is no possible way that gear can fall off without help."
Shafted:Dill "I turn onto 43 and start up my favorite uphill winding turn. I'm really letting her go. And suddenly the oil light comes on and she's slowing down. Not good. And its dead. I tried everything to no avail. I did get her to catch twice but it died quickly. Also I got the biggest backfire/airbox KaBoom, ever so add that to the list. After the kaboom the starter isn't engaging. So I start pushing back to the nearest phone.
Ok I just talked to the service writer. We have serious carnage. The clutch didn't seem right to them. (note this might not be completely accurate, the service writer is not a tech.)
Anyway the case protrusions holding the clutch in place broke, allowing the clutch to leave its original position and its now all resting quite a bit from where it belongs.
So they are trying to get some new cases under warranty, they have never seen this happen before.
I'm hoping to talk to them about a loaner since this will be a while. And there was no spark but they haven't even started to play with that.
The igniter failed (Rob Shelly didn't want me to tell you this), causing the bike to die. But the failure was intermittent which allowed me to fire it quickly twice. Evidently there was enough gas built up that the backfire blew the sprag clutch mount back through the case into the other side of the motor. [*note:
thus the paragraph title]
Triumph is aware of this happening very rarely (Like I said they have a standard bonnie in with the same problem). And they have beefed up the cases to prevent this from happening again.
I guess this explains why it was the loudest ****** back fire I have ever heard. "
