Bloody hell, what do you do with your gear lever?!? Just out of curiosity, you do ride with your foot well clear of the shifter, right?
Quote from: ChristoT on 12 October 2014, 01:31:32 pmBloody hell, what do you do with your gear lever?!? Just out of curiosity, you do ride with your foot well clear of the shifter, right?If you keep a bike for a few years without writing it off, it's what happens... just normal wear and tear.Though admittedly my MOT tester seemed to accelerate the process somewhat.This engine has covered about 80,000 miles, about the same as my original one did before the second gear selection issue raised its head.
Quote from: Fazerider on 12 October 2014, 02:01:27 pmQuote from: ChristoT on 12 October 2014, 01:31:32 pmBloody hell, what do you do with your gear lever?!? Just out of curiosity, you do ride with your foot well clear of the shifter, right?If you keep a bike for a few years without writing it off, it's what happens... just normal wear and tear.Though admittedly my MOT tester seemed to accelerate the process somewhat.This engine has covered about 80,000 miles, about the same as my original one did before the second gear selection issue raised its head.Bit catty, aren't we? I understand normal wear and tear, but as an engineer, I can't see why your shifters are failing compared to other high mileage bikes. My only conclusion is that you're either REALLY heavy-footed, that there's something wrong with the part (but two in a row?), or that you are putting the part under a certain amount of repeated strain. Hence my question about riding with your foot on the lever.
Even if I did ride with my foot on the lever, which I presume nobody does since it's likely to result in unintended gear changes,
I don't see that it would cause undue wear.
As for the second shaft also succumbing within a few thousand miles... I've no idea how many miles it had done prior to my acquiring it nor how brutal its previous owners were.
The fact that the mechanism clashes with the pins of the selector drum once the claw has a millimetre or so's free play and becomes an "end stop" long before the proper end stop comes into effect points to a design fault.
The other thing Deefer omitted was that the oil strainer/pickup is (obviously) totally in the way so has to come out: the cover levers off OK, but the two screws holding the main casting were very tight… fortunately they're Allen heads and undid after an alarming crack.
Or use an air impact gun
Quote from: Fazerider on 12 October 2014, 02:01:27 pmQuote from: ChristoT on 12 October 2014, 01:31:32 pmBloody hell, what do you do with your gear lever?!? Just out of curiosity, you do ride with your foot well clear of the shifter, right?Behind his head clear enough? Every biker should practice yogaMy only conclusion is that you're either REALLY heavy-footed.
Quote from: ChristoT on 12 October 2014, 01:31:32 pmBloody hell, what do you do with your gear lever?!? Just out of curiosity, you do ride with your foot well clear of the shifter, right?Behind his head clear enough? Every biker should practice yoga