Gears not engaging.
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Joined: Oct 2010
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From: Near Frankenmuth, MI
Might be a bad throwout bearing. Even though you see some movement in the clutch pack, odds are it's not releasing completely, in order for the clutch too fully engage.
The ramp is in the tranny side cover with the clutch cable connecting to it. It pivots and extends, pushing on the rods connected to the throw out bearing in the clutch pack to fully disengage clutch. Ramp could be jammed up and stuck. Typically this would give you a floppy clutch lever.
The ramp is in the tranny side cover with the clutch cable connecting to it. It pivots and extends, pushing on the rods connected to the throw out bearing in the clutch pack to fully disengage clutch. Ramp could be jammed up and stuck. Typically this would give you a floppy clutch lever.
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From: Bay Area
Yes and no! hub can either immediately shear or rock back and forth until the teeth are low enough to finally shear. Lot of variables like driving habits (hammer drops, lugging, maintenance habits, and/or overloading the vehicle or big loads can contribute), (proper clutch adjustments, detecting early stages of failure) are a few. The result will be found in the teardown.
Road Master
Joined: Sep 2012
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From: Waskom, TX
Yes and no! hub can either immediately shear or rock back and forth until the teeth are low enough to finally shear. Lot of variables like driving habits (hammer drops, lugging, maintenance habits, and/or overloading the vehicle or big loads can contribute), (proper clutch adjustments, detecting early stages of failure) are a few. The result will be found in the teardown.
David
Subscribed. I'm lost with this one. The fact that nothing changed over night, came back out and it worked fine is odd to say the least. Should that clutch plate be spinning when he rolls it like he said? Maybe having the cover off and messing with the clutch, he inadvertently fixed it temporarily, so problem must be there. You would think.
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From: ONT
My guess would be the rubber isolators that absorb shock between the rear drive sprocket to the rear wheel. Raise the rear wheel, start bike, put in 1st gear and see if rear wheel spins. You may have to press on the tire as the lack of friction normally between the road and tire may allow the wheel to turn. If your belt and rear sprocket are turning and your wheel isn't that would be the problem. I believe there are 6 of these and cost between 3 & 4 $ each. Not a big job to change.
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