Transmission Issue
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Agreed. After sleeping on it, my first thought this morning was it seems more like a primary issue. I admit I have no experience deep diving into the guts of these power plants. But that doesn't scare me. I am mechanically inclined and have the means to figure this out. Time will be the main factor.
That's it, right there.
Work from the outside in, and eventually you'll find the problem.
Good news, so to speak anyway, in your case is the sounds it is making probably mean that the root problem will be obvious once you get in deep enough.
Work from the outside in, and eventually you'll find the problem.
Good news, so to speak anyway, in your case is the sounds it is making probably mean that the root problem will be obvious once you get in deep enough.
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So onward I go. Next is to open up the transmission. To get to this point I basically just followed the procedure to replace the belt. Only reason I am saying this is I cannot believe they designed these in a way that the swing arm has to come off to do that. Really? LoL.
I have already purchased the belt and primary gasket set. Over $300 into parts n tool needed to get to this point. Kinda spendy and not even at root cause. But have already done some research on either replacing trans or rebuilding.
Ave ebay used trans is $500+, and lowest mileage trans found this far is about 60k mi. Doesn't seem like a fair trade for my time. I'll either get a full gear or shifter set, or find and fix only what needs fixin. Will eval at the reveal of the diagnosed issue. Wish me luck!
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Well, you could just cut the belt...
Don`t be in a hurry to buy a transmission, you don`t know what your gearset and shifting components look like yet.
Inspect the splines in the transmission sprocket and on the main drive gear.
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How else would you design it considering that the front sprocket is in front of the pivot of the swingarm?
Well, you could just cut the belt...
Don`t be in a hurry to buy a transmission, you don`t know what your gearset and shifting components look like yet.
Inspect the splines in the transmission sprocket and on the main drive gear.
Well, you could just cut the belt...
Don`t be in a hurry to buy a transmission, you don`t know what your gearset and shifting components look like yet.
Inspect the splines in the transmission sprocket and on the main drive gear.
And I'm in no hurry to overspend needlessly. Although a man can dream. I always do my due diligence and try to decipher the dif between wants and needs.
This trans always had an intermittent issue with a false neutral between 4th n 5th. I've only put 20k mi on this bike myself. Wanna say bike has about 52k mi on it? Any thoughts on something that would get in the way of all gears not fully engaging?
Primary oil was clean and normal with no metal to be seen. Inspections of everything in there looked good so far.
Fully expecting the opposite when I drain the trans. To revisit clutch acted normally but all gears were grinding. Seemed to disengage and then engage and grab (with clutch released). That action was violent enough to shred teeth off the belt in the lower gears. Then with teeth missing that added to what felt like slippage. I admit I drove it home like that on the hwy mostly instead of being stranded on side of the road in the dark with the wife. Figured damage was done already. It was the end of a long day on the road and there were no real signs of failure until just before. It slipped out of 4th on it's own in-between upshifting.
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Nothing jumped out at me with the front pulley. It's still in place. Suppose I should pull that for further inspection, before cracking open the trans.
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I also have a metric (Kawi Vulcan) and have replaced both front and rear pulleys and had the belt off numerous time trying dif configs. Its a cpl hr job at most. Was just an observation.
And I'm in no hurry to overspend needlessly. Although a man can dream. I always do my due diligence and try to decipher the dif between wants and needs.
This trans always had an intermittent issue with a false neutral between 4th n 5th. I've only put 20k mi on this bike myself. Wanna say bike has about 52k mi on it? Any thoughts on something that would get in the way of all gears not fully engaging?
Primary oil was clean and normal with no metal to be seen. Inspections of everything in there looked good so far.
Fully expecting the opposite when I drain the trans. To revisit clutch acted normally but all gears were grinding. Seemed to disengage and then engage and grab (with clutch released). That action was violent enough to shred teeth off the belt in the lower gears. Then with teeth missing that added to what felt like slippage. I admit I drove it home like that on the hwy mostly instead of being stranded on side of the road in the dark with the wife. Figured damage was done already. It was the end of a long day on the road and there were no real signs of failure until just before. It slipped out of 4th on it's own in-between upshifting.
And I'm in no hurry to overspend needlessly. Although a man can dream. I always do my due diligence and try to decipher the dif between wants and needs.
This trans always had an intermittent issue with a false neutral between 4th n 5th. I've only put 20k mi on this bike myself. Wanna say bike has about 52k mi on it? Any thoughts on something that would get in the way of all gears not fully engaging?
Primary oil was clean and normal with no metal to be seen. Inspections of everything in there looked good so far.
Fully expecting the opposite when I drain the trans. To revisit clutch acted normally but all gears were grinding. Seemed to disengage and then engage and grab (with clutch released). That action was violent enough to shred teeth off the belt in the lower gears. Then with teeth missing that added to what felt like slippage. I admit I drove it home like that on the hwy mostly instead of being stranded on side of the road in the dark with the wife. Figured damage was done already. It was the end of a long day on the road and there were no real signs of failure until just before. It slipped out of 4th on it's own in-between upshifting.