Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

It's still going well after a couple of weeks so seems it will run without the splines. I won't be surprised if it comes loose again but I'll just do the locktite & impact thing again a few times before dragging out the welder...

Well so far so good. Put some loctite on there and used the impact and so far it's working. I'll give it 50 miles or so before I'll say it's 'fixed'... Thanks for ideas everyone.

Not sure if I get it, cf_z, did you save the crank after stripping it or did you have to get a new one?

The more I think about it the more I'm thinking it won't work unless I can torque it down enough to catch a little of the splines that are left. Then I also thought about shortening the boss that ...

Of course if method 2 doesn't work I'll be wondering how to get the crankshaft out with a welded-on pulley...

Well, my SA50 '89 made a horrible noise while I accelerated, ran fine home and then wouldn't start next time. Seems the outer pulley was loose and looking closer the splines on the crankshaft don't extend beyond the boss for the movable pulley. I guess the pulley worked loose and then stripped the ...