ball bearing.....where does it go?

I have the engine out. head and jug off. pistons off. all side covers off. I took the 13 bolts on the top of the case off and tilted it up on its end, took all the oil pan bolts out,...started to take the oil filter/housing off and a ball bearing rolled from somewere onto the ground.

at first i though it rolled out of the filter housing, but only because that is that i was working on at the time. I dont know where it came from and i have changed the filter with the engine in the frame and have never seen it before.

i thought it might belong to the oil pressure relief valve, but i can see the ball in there.

It scares me.

anyone have any suggestions as to where its home might be?

I'd ask Jeff Saunders at www.z1entrprises.com . On the bigger 1000's and 1100's a bearing was inside the cluch pusher assembly. Not sure about the smaller engines.

P, Que moto est? and dia of ball? the only free ball I'm familaiar w/is the one at the r/h end if cl. push rod. G

I bet it's from the clutch push rod too. Is the clutch removed? There's a ball bearing between the sort of mushroomed shaped thing that operates the clutch and the long rod the clutch cable moves if that makes sence.
Mark

Good Luck!

AHHHHH , i can sleep tonight. thank you guys. I do have the clutch off and there is no ball bearing in the shaft, so this little bugger must live there. there is one of these on a 650 right?

wish i could buy you all a a round of drinks!

thanks.
patrick.

Yes the bearing is in 650's and it goes between #12 and #23

don't be stressing man, there is a spot for everything