The Oregon Beaver
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We just recently bought this bike and it was having some carb problems so I scheduled it to go in on this coming tuesday (day after labor day). Well, I took the carb apart, cleaned it, and the problems have been FIXED, but then after rideing it for awhile I noticed some shifting problems, inability to get it to accept gears, etc, and NOW IT IS STUCK, AND I M-E-A-N STUCK, IN 2ND GEAR. IT'S A FOUR SPEED, SO I GUESS: If I had to pick a gear for it to be stuck in, second would be that gear, but that's not much consolation. Doesn anyone have any idea what would cause this? Is this going to turn out to be a MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM? I have decided to just park it and not try to force anything, cause hey, I'm strong enough to break metal with my bare hands, and I know that's what's going to happen if I force the darn thing. When you pull the clutch lever in, it does totally disengage the gear, so that is good, and the friction point is still where it should be, but it just won't move up or down. It all started with a little grinding between gears and just a little "moodiness" with the trasmission .Things got worse in a hurry, and although I fixed the carb problem, this looks like it's going to be MUCH more serious, and since techinically it's my dad's bike, I don't want to tell him HOW serious I think it is until I get some info from you guys. I want to know the best case scenario all the way down to the worst case scenario. Thx in advance for your time and effort, as well as your knowledge and advice. I can tell you anything about a jap bike, but I had no idea how much of a "different animal" the Harley Davidson really is. I love it, don't get me wrong, but people have always complained about how unreliable they are. Huh... Well anyway I appreciate all helpful comments, but please, keep the smart-azz remarks to yourself. Last time I asked a question about it (before I tore the carb down and fixed it), some guy replies "OH YES, IT IS REALLY FAST!" WTF? My question never mentioned speed. Then the next a-hole told me that my question was too long and he couldn't be bothered with it. Anyway that's all, I don't even know where to begin, but it goes into the repair shop tuesday and I'd like to have SOME Idea of what to tell them on what MIGHT be wrong with it.Thx again. -john in Iowa
I can't seem to figure out what Aussie HD rider is getting at, but he must be referring to someon else because I could probably take apart a Boeing 747 blindfolded with my hands tied behind my back, and put it back together in the exact reverse order from memory, so I know he's not referring to me. The only difference between me and the average guy is: I ask HOW to do it first here on Yahoo.
yeah excellent advice doug. It is going in tuesday (after labor day). I am the honest to god real guy that was quoted in the Chicago tribune in 1987 as saying: "If force didn't work, you didn't use enough force".... but I was 8 years old and it was just a funny kid quote but it spread around the world and I've since learned to regret it. As stuck as this bike is in 2nd gear, I won't force ANYTHING. And, regardless of that dumb quote at age 8, once I started learning to work on cars, I learned that "THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED ****TIGHT ENOUGH***" And alot of people don't believe in it and they want to get everything as tight as possible (nothing against women, but I've walked alot of girls through basic auto repair and they seem to want to over-tighten. Tight-enough is tight-enough - you can always tighten it later. There's only one thing you can't tighten later and that's a vagina. I think they're related to our memory - they only get looser and less reliable. Safe riding to all.
all good aussie, no hard feelings.
I can't seem to figure out what Aussie HD rider is getting at, but he must be referring to someon else because I could probably take apart a Boeing 747 blindfolded with my hands tied behind my back, and put it back together in the exact reverse order from memory, so I know he's not referring to me. The only difference between me and the average guy is: I ask HOW to do it first here on Yahoo.
yeah excellent advice doug. It is going in tuesday (after labor day). I am the honest to god real guy that was quoted in the Chicago tribune in 1987 as saying: "If force didn't work, you didn't use enough force".... but I was 8 years old and it was just a funny kid quote but it spread around the world and I've since learned to regret it. As stuck as this bike is in 2nd gear, I won't force ANYTHING. And, regardless of that dumb quote at age 8, once I started learning to work on cars, I learned that "THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED ****TIGHT ENOUGH***" And alot of people don't believe in it and they want to get everything as tight as possible (nothing against women, but I've walked alot of girls through basic auto repair and they seem to want to over-tighten. Tight-enough is tight-enough - you can always tighten it later. There's only one thing you can't tighten later and that's a vagina. I think they're related to our memory - they only get looser and less reliable. Safe riding to all.
all good aussie, no hard feelings.