I think my one-way clutch is going out on my ds. Has this happened to anyone else? It makes a terrible clunking noise when I try and start it. How do I replace one in a DS? is it hard? I have replaced one already in my raptor, but I've never been in the ds engine.

 

Clicking? Well, its possible its your clutch, but the DS usually slips first. You may also want to check the following...

1) Sprocket slipping over teeth. Worn sprocket or loose chain or bad bearing carrier. Take a look at the teeth on your sprocket. If they look like the chain has been slipping off the teeth, then the chain is too loose. If you tighten it, and it gets loose when you ride, but tight again when you stop - you've got a bearing carrier problem.
2) Gears slipping off the tops of thier teeth. Shift forks bent, and the clicking is usually in first gear. Other symptoms of this could be that neutral is hard to find and some hard shifting too. To verify this, try and see if it happens in other gears - if not, this probably isnt your problem.

 

When my sprag went out ,it also took a couple of teeth off the internal starter gears.
That also left a clicking or clunking noise while trying to start[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

ouch, first I've read of tis prob on the bomb. very common on the rappy though