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Jun 15, 2009 | 11:32 AM

notfried

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havin' trans problems

i started a thread in the trans/primary section,but i know that there's some experts here and was looking for help from anyone who may have come into this problem before.

here's a link to my thread.

thanks all

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/prima...ml#post5140050

Jun 16, 2009 | 03:38 AM

Bentwrench

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Noisy Trans

I mentioned what I thought it might be; possibly the shifter pawl spring broke and is down in the transmission.

But whatever you find, I'd sure appreciate knowing the result.

Thanks.

Jun 16, 2009 | 06:49 AM

notfried

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i'll probably open it up this weekend and will get back to you.

Jun 16, 2009 | 06:08 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bentwrench

I mentioned what I thought it might be; possibly the shifter pawl spring broke and is down in the transmission.

But whatever you find, I'd sure appreciate knowing the result.

Thanks.

i think the idea bentwrench had about draining the primary fluid over a magnet was perfect.

Jun 16, 2009 | 06:49 PM

woodworking1

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I recently had a tranny prob as well. It turns out that 2 of the shift drum pins (??? I know) backed out a little and were causing the detent plate to ride a little crooked. This was allowing the "dogs" on some gears to hit a little when the bike was either leaning to the right or under a heavier RPM. (I guess centrifugal (sp) force was causing it to slide over a bit.) I made some calls and got 1 of 2 detent plates in the state! way faster than my indy would have gotten it. I'm glad dealers are open on Sunday's around here. After all that it, was a $3.99 part that cost me about $1000 and a month to find.

Jun 17, 2009 | 02:54 AM

Bentwrench

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Shift Drum Pins

I'm going to tear into mine this winter for what I think is a bent shift fork. It takes a "hard" shift to consistently get into 3rd. A soft shift and I can in between 2nd and 3rd.

The mention of the shifting drum pins backing out causing damage to the detent plate gives me a heads up that I need to take a close look at them.

Thanks for that input.

Jun 17, 2009 | 07:05 AM

notfried

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for a couple rides before this happened i kept shifting into false gears...ya know,shifting from 3rd to 4th and when it clicks in gear(or so i thought) it would be in between gears like i was in neutral