maine-e-axe
Junior Member
Look around the area of the belt for a pinched wire / take the side cover off and look around in there. Some HD Tech's/monkey's don't pay attention sometimes.
With one black plug and a loss of power I would think you've got no spark at that cylinder. Check your plug wires are OK and seated well.
Thanks Gunman done that.
Have been thinking about the problem and would welcome comments on the following.
My cam chain tensioner disintegrated in Redding, CA last summer...a lot of noise. But not just that, the indy that installed the gear driven cams commented that the original gear on the crankshaft split and damaged the crank end but that he filed the burr to allow the new gear to fit. This tells me that there may then have been clearance there and the possibility that the gear could move. My question is: if the crank reacted when the belt snapped could it have caused this gear to move a couple of degrees. I'm nearly sure that the gear would then be lagging the crank and the ignition timing would be out so the inlet valve would not be opening in time for the firing sequence to burn the fuel efficiently thereby causing unburnt carbon deposits as I am finding and resulting lack of power.
Am I way out here or can anyone correct my analysis or even expand on it further.
Grateful for any comments.
Cheers,
Willie