Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

When you clean the carb, did you take the entire thing apart, including unscrewing and pulling out the main jet, throttle screw, mixture screw and so on?

Impact socket sets are not expensive at all, so you might as well get all the common sizes in both SAE and metric. Check Harbor Freight. (like http://www.harborfreight.com/37-piece-3 ... 68011.html)

I got the pulley fixed up. I put in a thicker washer between the nut and the outer pulley. This let me squeeze the pulley faces hard together. There's JB weld in the splines and between each face being compressed by the nut.

The nut alone holds it so tight that I test drove it around the yard ...

Blew some carbon out afterwards, but not much. Compressed air comes hard out the other end so I know it's not plugged The idle screw was unscrewed almost all the way, after tuning, it runs great now with the muffler on and hands free. Now I just have to find time for the stupid crankshaft.

Well, I haven't had time to fix the pulley yet, but she runs! I cranked it with a drill on the alternator as someone suggested. I started it the first time with the muffler off, and then when I slipped the muffler back on the engine died. The next time I started it (muffler off again) I had to keep ...

Nice work.

How important is the crankcase cover gasket? Is it just to keep out dust?

There is no transmission, the kick starter directly engages the drive pulley. Since the drive pulley is supposed to turn when the engine turns over, this is alarming. You should take off the left crankcase cover and the cause should immediately become apparent. Instructions for taking off the left ...

Thanks for all the tips guys. I will let you know how it works out. Is there any way to start the engine without the drive pulley installed? I'd just like to know if I have a working motor on my hands or if the problems go much deeper.

That's a good idea, do you think that JB Weld might work? If not I have a friend who is a welder. I don't want to spend $100 on a crankshaft and find out that it still won't run.

Edit: And one more question, would it help to tighten down the nut on the drive pulley really hard?

The cylinder seems to turn over properly when I turn it by hand, it makes a nice "pop" sound and isn't that hard to turn. So I don't think it's seized. Is that what you meant?

And, would this be what I need? http://www.ebay.ca/itm/86-NQ50-NQ-50-Spree-Honda-crank-shaft-crankshaft-rod-/220769715426 ...

Hi, I was given a Honda Spree (after '85 model) today. I got the service manual from this site and started reading the wiki (thanks to everybody whose work has gotten me this far). I tried to turn the engine over with both starter and kick starter, but it only moved the cooling fan slightly. After ...