"Big Red", aka, 1981 GS1100E I bought not running last Summer. Cleaned & rebuilt the carbs, sealed the fuel tank, added K&N pods, stage 3 jet kit with 4-1 pipe and got her started last Fall. Ran very nicely, but never drove her as she wasn't road worthy. However, sitting on the center stand she easily throttled up to red line & idled smoothly at 1K. Head gasket was leaking so I thought that would be a great Winter project...
Ok, cold Winter, lazy Mike, yada, yada, yada - now I'm pulling the head to start the "head gasket, valve stem oil seals, new rings, hone the cylinders" job and when I rotate the crank to line up the 1/4 T mark I notice the exhaust cam #1 arrow is pointing where it should (flush with the head surface, pointing forward), but the intake cam #3 arrow is about 90 retarded... So I keep turning the crank around & around to see where the cam marks will show up next & then everything stops. I can no longer turn the crank forward - it will rotate backward, but not forward any longer. It just will not move & I don't want to force it. I will also point out that I have already removed the cam chain tensioner, but I'm not sure that makes any difference...
So I ask you guys - what does this mean?? I can hear what sounds like gears meshing from the stator cover - I disengaged the starter but the crank will not rotate forward.
I haven't removed the head yet, because I was freaked out about the crank not rotating forward anymore - what is my problem & what's my next move?
TIA
Mike
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