Ditchdablade
Registered user
I’ve just started to notice big takes and chunks from the gearbox which is producing clanking through the drive train.
The bike has 72k and hasn’t had a problem before. I put some oil thickener in it earlier in the year to quieten it but it’s rapidly making noises and vibrating a bit.
What’s my course of action?
Is it start the strip. Check final drive and then splines on drive shaft and then finally remove the gear box off the clutch and try looking for excessive play in that ?
I may as well change the clutch whilst I’m at it as that’s at quite a bit of lever travel.
Just wondering if there is a certain way of finding the issue or identifying usual culprits before I water my time. I’ll be doing this myself so any good pointers appreciated.
If I run it on centre stand no load it blinks really badly and bounces the rear swing arm up and down. Hence why I can feel it through the chassis when riding. Almost like it’s excessive play in gears out the drive shaft universal joints are really work and catching on rotation.
Many thanks
The bike has 72k and hasn’t had a problem before. I put some oil thickener in it earlier in the year to quieten it but it’s rapidly making noises and vibrating a bit.
What’s my course of action?
Is it start the strip. Check final drive and then splines on drive shaft and then finally remove the gear box off the clutch and try looking for excessive play in that ?
I may as well change the clutch whilst I’m at it as that’s at quite a bit of lever travel.
Just wondering if there is a certain way of finding the issue or identifying usual culprits before I water my time. I’ll be doing this myself so any good pointers appreciated.
If I run it on centre stand no load it blinks really badly and bounces the rear swing arm up and down. Hence why I can feel it through the chassis when riding. Almost like it’s excessive play in gears out the drive shaft universal joints are really work and catching on rotation.
Many thanks