i was riding my warrior and the engine locked up on me i got it home and unlocked it by puting oil down the cylinder and worked the crank shaft. the bike was full of oil i was wondering why it could have locked up on me. there was alot of metal shavings in the oil basket and filter.

 

prolly the thrust washers that are on the crank, was it a shiney metal?

 

yeah and there was alot

 

thats how mine blew up, its gonna need a rebuild then, the thrust washers are what is in between the rod and the crank assembly and its like a bearing for the rod and crank, i got my crank split installed a new rod and piston and cleaned all the shavings out of it real good, specially in the oil pump there was a good bit, then i put mine back together.

 

you know about how much it will cost at a shop?

 

mmm im not sure because this was when i worked at a dealer and got discounts, i dont work there anymore but they still cut me discounts, i got a rebuilt crank trued and everything along with a new rod and it was like 150 bucks than i just installed it myself, if you got a shop to do it all it would be more for sure, its different in certain areas but id say a rough guess is like 500 bucks give or take, youd have to just go to a dealer and talk to one of them and get like a quote.

 

well thank you i hope its no more than $500 thanks for your help

 

Thats what happened to the motor in my warrior, exept after I got mine free I ran it and destroyed the most of the internals. It was going to cost over $1000 to get mine fixed. Instead, I picked up a rebuilt engine off of ebay for $700.