Tearing down my 500ss. Found this on the bench at the end. Appears to be a spacer of some sort. No clue where it came from. It’s about 5.5mm thick. Was dirtier so I assume exterior. Made of aluminum. I’ve checked the fiche and can’t find it. Ideas??
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Who wants to play guess the part?
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Year, make and model?
Yes that would help. 2008 500ss MXZ tnt
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Of course, you should let us know how far are you on the tear down and what do you mean by tear down.
Meaning, did you pull
Meaning, did you pull
- Motor
- Front Suspension
- Steering
- Rear Suspension/Skid
I pulled the motor out of the sled and moved it to the bench. Removed head, cylinder, pistons, starter, split the cases, pulled crank and when I was tidying up this lone little spacer was left on the bench. I was pretty diligent with parts putting them in labelled zip lock bags as it may be a minute before I put it back together.
That was my guess but I can't find it anywhere in the fiche and no area stands out.
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There is a spacer like this on the electric starter where it mounts on the engine cases
THIS IS IT!!! THANK YOU.
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Maybe the top park of the Engine mount? Looks like there are 2 different types on that chassis.
EDIT: Never mind the above is correct!
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EDIT: Never mind the above is correct!
One lucky guy, this is a great site.
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Glad you found it!
Reminds me of removing my muffler earlier this season and hearing a rattle in there. I shook it out and found a small snap ring fell out of it. I put it on my bench to keep thinking where it would've came from. I feared the engine but it was the standard snap ring with ears, not like the piston circlips so I was stumped.
The exhaust outlet was pinched partially shut and I loaned an exhaust pipe expander from local store and it's threads were all buggered up and it didn't work well so I returned it. I had only tried with the muffler on the sled at that time. A month or so later I decided to give it another try with a new expander tool and removed the muffler and found that circlip.
Long story short, it was off of the 1st tool I used. They use a circlip to keep the tool from being unthreaded all the way. That one had me awake a few nights. LOL
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Reminds me of removing my muffler earlier this season and hearing a rattle in there. I shook it out and found a small snap ring fell out of it. I put it on my bench to keep thinking where it would've came from. I feared the engine but it was the standard snap ring with ears, not like the piston circlips so I was stumped.
The exhaust outlet was pinched partially shut and I loaned an exhaust pipe expander from local store and it's threads were all buggered up and it didn't work well so I returned it. I had only tried with the muffler on the sled at that time. A month or so later I decided to give it another try with a new expander tool and removed the muffler and found that circlip.
Long story short, it was off of the 1st tool I used. They use a circlip to keep the tool from being unthreaded all the way. That one had me awake a few nights. LOL
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