Split case.. and found this, what is it from?

[CodyRosa]

http://imgur.com/jhUMjIz

 

I split my case like 30minutes ago and found this, a nut and some chewed up metal. All the gears look perfect in the motor, the crank looks good except for shot connecting rod bearings =(. Where would be my first best bet as to finding where this came from? I've never heard this motor run but it does shift good with no issues.

 

Thanks

[locogato11283]

Where in the cases was that piece? By the clutch I'm assuming?

 

What wrench size is the nut? 12mm, 14mm or 17mm?

[CodyRosa]

it was next to the shift forks but i heard it ratting in there. its a 12mm

[locogato11283]

Check your pressure plate pusher. There should be a 12mm nut on it if it's a stock one.

[Surfrjag]

Also check the gears on the clutch. I ate that one once and screwed the teeth up.

[CodyRosa]

i have a billet racing clutch, there is a 12mm on that already. the big gear on the clutch basket is fine, little marks but thats from that idler gear, i had a bad bushing on it.

[locogato11283]

If it's not off the pusher then it's something left over. There are no other 12mm nuts that belong in there.

 

It's hard to see if there's a flange on the nut in the pic. If not, then I'd say it came off a stock pusher and was left in there.

[CodyRosa]

Ok so maybe they lost the 12mm nut on the clutch basket they had before, ended up getting a new clutch basket and just left that nut in there?Still not sure what that chewed up metal is. I have an idea but not 100%. The bracket that holds the  case together actually broke so maybe its that.

[locogato11283]

Yep, I'd say it's leftover.