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no, engine oil will not solve the noise. if it is the crank ?, crank bearings ?, oil will not magically make it stop. pulling the flywheel wont help you any way, shape or fashion to see if the crank is bad ? run it until it breaks. if you pull the left side down ?, DO NOT LET THE SHIFTING SHAFT PULL OUT AT ALL !!. seeing how this one-way bearing is no longer being sold by honda ?, yes..you can try using caltric products, i have in the past..they are decent for the price.

yes !!!!

calling for another near record high here today. suits me just fine..i'll take heat any day, all day !.

gotta head out here in a bit ( having morning coffee right this min, just woke up ) to my bud's place, round me up some engine case halves , stator cover, and lower engine skid plate. tracking number shows my engine parts made it to KY somewhere ??..lol. should have all those by the end of the week ?..i hope !!.

rofl...too funny...glad those parts worked for you/him !.

dang bro, you sure are making my life hard !..lol. ok..what is this gonna cost me ???..rofl. anywayyy..thank you very much jeep..anytime i can lend a hand or part i have..and you need it ?, just let me know !. ya know, i think i still have that dang 500 oil pump here some where , that i need you to have...lol.

update: placed an order for all brand new mellow yellow plastics. i tried calling rocky mountain atv, and see if they could find out if they were still around from honda before i placed an order ??, ( jeep did awhile back, found out later they were discontinued ! ), so..i wound up calling honda motor corp, and checked with them, lady said after checking my vin #, that yes..it showed that most parts for this '02 trx450fm/s were still being made/sold by honda, so i thanked her, hung up, went back to rmatv, placed a VERY large dollar amount for all brand new plastics in my least fav color, mellow yellow !. all i need big dollar item now is the meter, and oem carb to get the engine to run. then later i will need rims, itp tires, center caps for the rims, seat, battery, then maybe decide on the front brakes, not sure if i want to put disk brakes ? ( more than likely i will ), new brake shoes for the rear. will need swing arm bearings, inspect the rear diff, axle, brake bearings..quite alot more to go through.

not only provide work for ya..but i gotta baby sit ya too ???...rofl.

if it was the starter hanging..and folks beat on those..but they do not beat on the stator case, least i've never seen it done in the past.

i have never seen anything like it ??, i have built many of engines..spec 450's, and not once have i ever seen a dent/crack where it is !.

update: down to bare frame. took me a min to get it down this far, started at 7 am, and just finished at 12;45 pm. rear stator cover, it has some kinda dent in it ?, sure enough, its all the way through, maybe this explains oil all over the outside of the engine ?!..lol. in last pic, center of bearing, you can barely make out the crack down in there.

drop by my house, i'll put ya to work !..rofl.

i wondered where i left this ?!...lol.

i've used boss bearings a lot in the past. back then..they held up really good versus china bearings from '' all balls ''.( pure junk ! ) not sure how good boss bearings are today ?. just guessing.i'd say like any other place out there, they sold out to china..lol.

lol..when RLS happens ?..that takes 1st place of here, i do have a life outside of atvs ya know !..lol.

slacker !!..lol.

one way starter bearing...they do go bad, and i do not think honda sells it any more ?, if the chain is new ?, then dont worry about it.

pressure washer to clean the mud and sand off, sand paper and my grinder to clean the rust off, then i will paint the frame, then i will run a tap in all the frame bolt holes to clean them up, and make it easier when i go to start bolting it back together.

haha..yep...i had the spare already pulled out..ready to use..then found out this crank is ok to run..whewww..lol. yeah..the frame looks to be a tad on the rusty side eh ?..lol. trust me..it wont be when i am done with it. i got the engine parts on order, it will take a few days for them to get here, so i'll have time to finish ripping the body parts down to bare frame, and start getting the rust off, and get her all ready for some gloss wally world black paint !..lol.

i've got to do some welding on this rear rack for this '02 trx450fm, right rear mounting leg got busted up, i think i can fix it though?.

oh..forgot to mention...i was worried the crank would be bad ?, nope...its good too run !.

BINGO !!!..give that man a cigar !.,,lol.

its all good, she knows i hate yellow...but it wont put me in the dog house...cuz...SHE KNOWS I BUILD GOOD STUFF !..LOL.

i used to buy only high lifter, until i discovered they are putting china parts in the kits, i called them up, and called them out on it, they should and can be sued for posting ad's made in usa..when they really are not all usa parts now !. i will follow flishfiles advice when the time comes to use super atv front disk brake kit for this '02 trx450fm/s i am restoring. and yes..some of the packaging had '' made in china '' on them !!..rofl.

update: ok, here is some tear down pics of plastics coming off, engine out, and engine getting started to tear down. i just placed an order for a complete engine gasket kit, a shift shaft ( where the foot lever clamps onto ), all the engine oil seals, D.I.D. cam chain, a few other tidbit pieces , like ignition switch, reverse cap, reverse lever rubber piece, all this will get the engine back together. last but not least, here is a picture of the carb that came off of it, can anyone spot how this is a china fake trx450fm carb ?, it plain as black is dark ( this should give it away..lol )