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Hey guys just picked up an 87 1100 Sporty with a "bad transmission" for 600.00. Bike sat for 15 years in a shed.
Tore the transmission out yesterday hoping to find a broken shift cam follower but found 3rd gear blown instead. This got me thinking, why would you park it for 15 years if all you lost was 3rd gear? Hell, I'd ride around with 3 out of the four gears but that's me.
So today I attempted to pull the cam cover do do some inspecting and I noticed the main gears kept sticking to the cover as I worked it off. Usually I use a putty knife to push them back and continue to work the cover off. Finally decided I would just pull it off and deal with timing it later. As you more experienced guys know, the main gear don't move unless the facking shaft is broken. Lesson learned.
Now my question is, how the hell do you get the shaft out? I removed the retainer/clip washer and that's where I'm at.
Any tips, advice, sources for the shaft? I've been googling for an hour and got nothing.
Thanks in advance!
Tore the transmission out yesterday hoping to find a broken shift cam follower but found 3rd gear blown instead. This got me thinking, why would you park it for 15 years if all you lost was 3rd gear? Hell, I'd ride around with 3 out of the four gears but that's me.
So today I attempted to pull the cam cover do do some inspecting and I noticed the main gears kept sticking to the cover as I worked it off. Usually I use a putty knife to push them back and continue to work the cover off. Finally decided I would just pull it off and deal with timing it later. As you more experienced guys know, the main gear don't move unless the facking shaft is broken. Lesson learned.
Now my question is, how the hell do you get the shaft out? I removed the retainer/clip washer and that's where I'm at.
Any tips, advice, sources for the shaft? I've been googling for an hour and got nothing.
Thanks in advance!