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Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / August 2007gearbox death?
Hi, My 40k miles 1991 GSX600F has started making a clunking noise ONLY in second gear. Sounds and feels similar to what happens when a chain slips on a sprocket, The other gears are all fine, so it isn't the chain. So without being a gearbox expert my guess is that the second gear is slipping on whatever holds it tight. Any idea what this is? A second question is how much metal will have been broken off to allow this to happen? And where will this have gone? How big is the chance that these fragments may jam something critical if I continue to ride it? (The bike is probably now to be scrapped as a gearbox repair is prob not worthwhile) Cheers for any help Steve > So without being a gearbox expert my guess is that the second gear is > slipping on whatever holds it tight. Any idea what this is? Yup, the dogs have gone on second. > A second question is how much metal will have been broken off to allow > this to happen? Well, it's wear rather than breakage. >And where will this have gone? How big is the chance > that these fragments may jam something critical if I continue to ride > it? (The bike is probably now to be scrapped as a gearbox repair is > prob not worthwhile) Oh, it won't jam anything. Like I said, it's just steady wear, and maybe abuse. As you say, a repair isn't worth it - engine out and turned upside down, crankcases split - it'll cost hundreds and hundreds.  SignatureBMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 CB125 SL125 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... steveonholiday1@yahoo.co.uk wrote in message <1188228968.029995.158120@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>: >Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >it? (The bike is probably now to be scrapped as a gearbox repair is >prob not worthwhile) Well, if it was mine and all else was fine I'd just shift from first to third... SignatureK75RT, K1100LT, ZXR750H1, 5TA. "It's me against the wheel" >>Oh, it won't jam anything. > Well, if it was mine and all else was fine I'd just shift from first to > third... This all sounds excellent news. You've just saved me a hasty replacement purchase in time for a track day I'd already booked for next Thursday! Many thanks! Steve We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember deadmail@burnt.org.uk saying something like: >Well, if it was mine and all else was fine I'd just shift from first to >third... ... is what I did for about 40K miles after buying a bike from a c.nt who never used the clutch if he could avoid it. SignatureDave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the river cleaned out in a day. |
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