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Metal fragments in oil pan '82 gs1100e HELP

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I wanted to fix my leaky oil pan gasket and when I removed it this what I found in the pan --> Click Here <--. Dose anyone know what broke in my engine to cause these fragments? The bike ran very noise at low rpms but I thought it was the clutch basket. Now I don't now what to think. Some one pleases help.
 
looks like an oil control ring spacer......do you have a cylinder that's smoking? Time for some rings I reckon
 
No smoke and compression is good in all cylinders. The fragment farthest to the right looks too big and too thick, to be a ring spacer.
 
ok.... pieces of bearing cage maybe, can you isolate where the engine noise is coming from, using a long screwdriver or similar as a stethoscope? I guess I'd be opening the clutch cover first before splitting the case halves....the crank has roller bearings as does the trani
 
Thanks Dave,
I just looked up all the bearings in the parts catalog I found online. It looks like a bearing cage. I?ll start with the clutch and work my way to the starter clutch. Hopefully I wont have to split the case and check the transmission and pushrod bearings.
 
That stuff doesn't look like it came from the clutch side but your noisey idle could be a loose clutch hub nut. It doesn't look like a ball bearing cage either because those are squeezed together from the sides. Somebody who has done a complete overhaul should be able to tell you exactly what we are looking at.

Good luck, Steve
 
I've overhauled my engine several times and I can't recall ever seeing anything like that.

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On thinking about this, could it be the internal support metal for the cam chain guides? Maybe one has worn to the point that it has started to shed metal.

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I'd say it looks like crankshaft bearing failure. If you remove your clutch cover you may find more bit's and piece's. Hope for the best.
 
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