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Message started by BuckHMCC on 05/16/10 at 18:22:19

Title: Bike came home on the back of a wrecker
Post by BuckHMCC on 05/16/10 at 18:22:19

My daughter, fresh out of her MSF class, followed us on her '96 Savage 10 miles to a friend's house. No issues, bike ran well, except that she did have trouble finding neutral upon our arrival. When we departed she could not make the bike go. It could be made to shift into any gear, the clutch felt right, but upon releasing the clutch in any gear there was a nasty grinding. The bike came home on the back of a AAA wrecker.

We pulled the clutch cover and the belt drive sprocket cover. Nothing looked amiss on our recent clutch replacment (500 miles ago) or Verslavy modified cam chain tensioner install (800 miles ago). The oil we drained didn't look obviously bad (we could see no metal). When we put a socket on the clutch nut and turned it, the drive sprocket was not being driven (or very little and then the resistance 'slipped').

I'm not much of a mechanic and I've never been inside a transmission, but my guess is the transmission mainshaft? :'( The bike has 13K miles, she's the third owner. Don't know its history, but it has been running and shifting well until today.