Just as a suggestion put a magnet on that piece just to find out if it's ferrous or not. Won't tell you necessarily where it came from but it should help narrow it down.
It was attached to the magnet on the plug, it's ferrous. I took the cases off today, and all looks good. Seriously there looks like NO wear on the teeth, cam chain etc. The Cam Chain deflects a bit, but I don't think it slaps, (and I'd hear that right?)
I'm guessing no metal or foreign material got into the motor when the chain poked a hole in the case????
Oh, I ALWAYS listen to George.:ride: And yes, he did answer my prayer on this one. Yeah, could be... That's kind of what I decided it was. Last weekend I picked out the JB weld and ground it out a bit. There was a tiny chunk of Aluminum that I lost in there. Thing is, this chunk wasn't Aluminium, So I dunno what it could be. Today, I rode it like 10 miles, and it started dying on me But I quickly decided it was an electrical issue. <RANT> WTF was Husky thinking!!! EVERY single connector on the bike has a lock, EXCEPT the one to the kill switch. So the Mystery remains, despite my near heart failure today. I'm gonna pull the oil again and have a look-see and if nothing there I'm gonna fergit it.
When I am trying to solve a mystery like yours, I send a oil sample to a testing lab for analysis. The last samples I sent were $28.00. The report that you receive from the test lab will have a list of everything in the oil and the levels. I buy the sample bottle from a truck/equipment dealer or shop. It comes self addressed and postage paid. The most recent ones I sent in were to Cat and I had the results within a week. Oil sample analysis is actually a good thing to do periodically, even if you don't think you have a problem, because they can warn you of trouble ahead. Things like slight antifreeze contamination or the appearance of bearing material ETC. FWIW
Jeeze I have sample bottles in my boat for my Diesel. It never occurred to me to start checking the bike. Good idea! Thank you
