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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Seized Gearbox
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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Watson" data-source="post: 34885" data-attributes="member: 38"><p>In the summer of 1998 I rolled the Woolly past the ton in 3rd and slipped it into 4th, and rolled off the throttle, at about 95 it all went bang. Standing on the footpegs I managed to guide it from the left (fast) lane of the local piece of Hwy 1 on which this occurred and came to rest on the hard shoulder in a rather large cloud of blue smoke. The stipe was 408 feet long as the crow flies but probably 20% longer if one was to straighten it out! Gearbox was seized solid. The two gears that engage the double gear were the problem, one engaged as it should be, the other welded solid to the layshaft. Bent the layshaft, and destroyed a bunch of bits. A week later running with a Quaife 5 speed. </p><p></p><p>I couldn't imagine trying to ride with an over-running drive setup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Watson, post: 34885, member: 38"] In the summer of 1998 I rolled the Woolly past the ton in 3rd and slipped it into 4th, and rolled off the throttle, at about 95 it all went bang. Standing on the footpegs I managed to guide it from the left (fast) lane of the local piece of Hwy 1 on which this occurred and came to rest on the hard shoulder in a rather large cloud of blue smoke. The stipe was 408 feet long as the crow flies but probably 20% longer if one was to straighten it out! Gearbox was seized solid. The two gears that engage the double gear were the problem, one engaged as it should be, the other welded solid to the layshaft. Bent the layshaft, and destroyed a bunch of bits. A week later running with a Quaife 5 speed. I couldn't imagine trying to ride with an over-running drive setup. [/QUOTE]
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