Dong Fang DF 250 RTB Bobber Information

[axa]

That oil cooler is interesting. I hope it proves effective.
How do you know that a CG accessory might fit this clone?

Snap a few pics of the head and i/o ports before install, if you don't mind, Id be curious if i could clone one myself...

[Tedub]

Any ever change there starter?

[bowtiewagon]

Any ever change there starter?

Yes I have.I bought one and it worked fine, but I actually did not need to replace it.Why?

[Tedub]

My bike stopped starting and the starter whines but doesn't seem to engage the engine. It will push start. Any ideas. I just replaced the battery and that didn't work.

[barnone]

My bike stopped starting and the starter whines but doesn't seem to engage the engine. It will push start. Any ideas. I just replaced the battery and that didn't work.

Buy bowtiewagon's old starter and try it.

[bowtiewagon]

My bike stopped starting and the starter whines but doesn't seem to engage the engine. It will push start. Any ideas. I just replaced the battery and that didn't work.

Tedud,I recommend you go back to page 504 of this thread and read through(basically filtering through with most of my posts.) Pay attention to post #5068.There will be links attatched to that post of the part in question You will see pictures i took of my issue and then a few posts on how to fix the problem. If you have any difficulty with this please feel free to send me a pm , but you must set your pm to recieve replies,I tried to pm you back and you do not accept any pm's.

Also, one thing.When reassembling..DO NOT TORQUE DOWN ON THE CRANK SHAFT BOLT. The shaft has a key on it, so everything just needs to be tightened down hard.

suggested tool to use include
large rubber strap type oil filter wrench
RENT a puller (large) from autozone
RENT an impact wrench from auto zone (just for removal of crankshaft bolt-righty tighty left loosy)
8mm socket-removes covers

be sure to pay attention to the clutch assembly when removing it, there is an arrow on the back side of it, for rotation of the clutch,it needs to be put back on that same way. When i recieved my new starter clutch assembly,I had to take the race out of the center and turn it around so that the arrow was on the back and the flow was correct..you may need to do the same thing..but not sure.

it is not hard to do.
You take the cover off, remover all the gears that lead to the starter, use the impact gun to remover the bolt on the crank shaft, use the puller to remove the drum from the shaft, after you unbolt the three bolts in the center of the drum, then the clutch comes off, -reverse procedure to assemble.

check your oil for metal shavings..I hope you have a magnetic drain plug..I think my plug saved the bike..drain the oil, run..drain the oil, run drain the oil..should be good to go. Hope this helps.

[ben2go]

My bike stopped starting and the starter whines but doesn't seem to engage the engine. It will push start. Any ideas. I just replaced the battery and that didn't work.

Bad starter clutch.bowtiewagon just posted the info about it.

[axa]

me too...

jfyi, page numbers are useless as one can rearrange the order as i do... this is page 1 for me... i like to see the newest posts on the top of the page...

each post number has a link that can be made hyper

[bowtiewagon]

Gotcha, here is the page I was talking about.
http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...mation/page507

[axa]

Gotcha, here is the page I was talking about.
http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...mation/page507

there you go with the page again... , you see when i, or others might, hit that link, they get page 507, which depending on how you set up your preferences can be an entirely different page... what you want to do is right click the # of the post and get its link...
anyway, just trying to help out.. dont mean to be a douche or get off subject.