so my bike started slippin under heavy heavy acceleration in second gear sometime last summer. it got worse until i was unable to use the gear at all. get it up to 4 or 5k rpms and it falls back to neutral. i've been riding it that way ever since, just skipping 2nd second gear. so, now that it's winter (although still not cold enough to keep me from riding) I've decided to tear it apart and try to fix it. this should be fun... just wondered if anyone's done this before and had any pointers or gotchas.
i think the problem is worn gear dogs. the bike has 20k miles on it, and has always been notchy going from 1st to second. after researching the problem, i think that i was probably not positive enough with my shifting, although it's almost impossible to go from 1st to second under heavy acceleration without some chatter. anyway, i'm gonna install the factory pro shift thing and hope that helps that problem.
so, i'm now at the point where it's time to drop the engine. anybody got any advice on how to do that? i've got a couple of floor jacks i'm gonna try to use to lower it. i'm just worried about it not being balanced and falling off. how heavy is it gonna be? think me and two dudes can ease it down with those floor jacks and manuever it onto some plywood?
and what about that castle nut? anybody know if napa or anybody's got a wrench to fit it? what size?
i think the problem is worn gear dogs. the bike has 20k miles on it, and has always been notchy going from 1st to second. after researching the problem, i think that i was probably not positive enough with my shifting, although it's almost impossible to go from 1st to second under heavy acceleration without some chatter. anyway, i'm gonna install the factory pro shift thing and hope that helps that problem.
so, i'm now at the point where it's time to drop the engine. anybody got any advice on how to do that? i've got a couple of floor jacks i'm gonna try to use to lower it. i'm just worried about it not being balanced and falling off. how heavy is it gonna be? think me and two dudes can ease it down with those floor jacks and manuever it onto some plywood?
and what about that castle nut? anybody know if napa or anybody's got a wrench to fit it? what size?