[stillhopin]

About a year ago I laid my '02 919 down on its left side. It didnt do much damage but it scraped up the alternator cover. I finally got around to ordering the part from Honda and went to work on replacing the cover and changing the oil. I pulled the drain plug and while the oil was draining, I took the bolts out of the alternator cover and pulled it off. I then had to take out the five screws that fasten the alternator to the cover. I did that, changed out the cover, re-mounted the alternator, put on a new gasket and put it all back together. I then changed the oil filter and refilled the resivior. When I tried to start the bike so I could fill up the filter and recheck the oil level, it just let out an electric whine and the oil light came on. I pushed started it thinking the oil pump just had to bring relubricate everything and when I rode it around the parking lot, i heard a sound coming from the alternor/clutch housing that sounded like a screw was loose and bouncing around. I took it all back apart again twice and found nothing. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what it could be or what I can do. And why you think the oil light is still on? Man, any help would be great. Thanks for reading this long ass post.

[slickwill]

So when you tried to start it using the start button you just heard a whine? When you pull the cover it exposes the starter gear. Make sure that something didn't happen there. I would think that it coming disengaged somehow would explain the noise when you tried to start it.

The starter clutch assembly is also integrated into all of that.

[stillhopin]

Yeah...just an annoying whine that I translated to mean, "this is gonna cost alot of money."

Since I was hearing a rattle inside the housing, is it possible that something could have fallen out of either the clutch or the starter and into the bottom of it somehow? I didnt have all the right tools to take apart the clutch but i tried looking in the bottom and didnt see anything....