ball bearing inside clutch side gear shaft ?

[333bbb333]

Hey im new to building a banshee and this forum so I hope I am going about this right. But I am in the process of putting my motor back together after I broke a rod. I had that ball bearing come out of the gear shaft on the clutch side and was wondering what it is for and is there only supposed to be one in there? and, or is there something else needed to keep it in there? Also I have seen some post talking about getting a pancake bearing, what is this for? Thanks for any help here, I did not see anything in the clymers manual about this ball bearing.

[slopoke]

IF IT IS A ROUND BALL it goes in with the clutch pushrod. The pancake bearing kinda acts like a throw out bearing in vehicle with a manual tranny. It prevents that ball from welding itself to the rod.

[Ieat4strokes]

IF IT IS A ROUND BALL it goes in with the clutch pushrod. The pancake bearing kinda acts like a throw out bearing in vehicle with a manual tranny. It prevents that ball from welding itself to the rod.

 

basically what poke said, it goes in the shaft and yes theres only one, the pancake bearing keeps from welding your shaft to the ball...... sounds bad huh? The pancake spins freely making it to where this dont happen

[333bbb333]

Thanks, I did not want to get it all together and realize I lost any of those balls after the fact. But Im at a stand still not anyhow, I broke my clutch basket trying to get it torqued without the grabbit tool, got the hinson on the way and hopefully she will back up and running, I am going to check out the pancake bearing while im waiting on parts.