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Third gear gone,2018 RGS thoughts on this pic?
Finally a post regarding the actual posted thread. LOL....
I would say it looks like an insufficient heat treatment not something that got in there and caused the damage. If something physical got between the gears or even if **** was not aligned correctly, you would see damage all the way around that gear. It is plain to see that only a section of those gears have worn down the other teeth are perfectly fine. That is a pretty good sign that the gear probably only seen heat to half of it and the other half or section did not get to the right temp. I have seen this happen before. Manufacturing equipment does breakdown from time and time again, People in the plants do make mistakes now and then, and sometimes bad parts do slip through the cracks. The good thing is that it is not a design issue and there is probably only a limited number of bad parts out there. Probably all built near the same time.
If you zoom in those pics and look, the damage tells you. not even a hit of scratching on the rest of those teeth (same gear). Then notice the damage is the full width of the teeth on all just teeth that are damaged. This is plain to see, it's not a trans that grenaded. The damage was on just those few teeth only and not even a scratch anywhere else..The only way I can see the rider being able to ride abusively in a why for him to do damage to only those 6-7 teeth and no where else is for him to be revving up and dropping the clutch in that gear....BUT it wouldn't happen doing it just once, he would have to do it multiple times. So lets think about that... Do you think it is even possible for him to drop that clutch multiple times on the exact same teeth every single time it was done?
Am I not 100% sure that it is what it looks like...no but I'm 95% sure. A hardness test would prove the last 5%.
You dont have to believe me or except my opinion. I am just posting my opinion just as all the others that state in their opinion that the guy abused his bike and was the cause. Isn't that what this forum is for?
I would say it looks like an insufficient heat treatment not something that got in there and caused the damage. If something physical got between the gears or even if **** was not aligned correctly, you would see damage all the way around that gear. It is plain to see that only a section of those gears have worn down the other teeth are perfectly fine. That is a pretty good sign that the gear probably only seen heat to half of it and the other half or section did not get to the right temp. I have seen this happen before. Manufacturing equipment does breakdown from time and time again, People in the plants do make mistakes now and then, and sometimes bad parts do slip through the cracks. The good thing is that it is not a design issue and there is probably only a limited number of bad parts out there. Probably all built near the same time.
If you zoom in those pics and look, the damage tells you. not even a hit of scratching on the rest of those teeth (same gear). Then notice the damage is the full width of the teeth on all just teeth that are damaged. This is plain to see, it's not a trans that grenaded. The damage was on just those few teeth only and not even a scratch anywhere else..The only way I can see the rider being able to ride abusively in a why for him to do damage to only those 6-7 teeth and no where else is for him to be revving up and dropping the clutch in that gear....BUT it wouldn't happen doing it just once, he would have to do it multiple times. So lets think about that... Do you think it is even possible for him to drop that clutch multiple times on the exact same teeth every single time it was done?
Am I not 100% sure that it is what it looks like...no but I'm 95% sure. A hardness test would prove the last 5%.
You dont have to believe me or except my opinion. I am just posting my opinion just as all the others that state in their opinion that the guy abused his bike and was the cause. Isn't that what this forum is for?
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