Winter overhaul?

[lemppari]

Done in two hasty, overly long days this weekend. My Rosso Mandello has had a really loud sixth gear as long as I've had the bike, even louder than the open Mistrals at speed. So, when the bike was being repaired by the MG official importer after my second collision with a moose a year ago, I asked for the price of a gearbox job. They estimated a sum of 3500 euros.....

 

Well you guessed it, no deal at THAT price. Then I looked for the price of the parts, only. That would have been 800e or thereabouts at Stein+Dinse. I dared not ask for the price in Finland because of the above! So, out to hunt in eBay for a gearbox.

 

Found one, too. Alleged kilometreage 8 000 and I got it for 490,- plus postage. Looked decent when opening the package, all gears engaged when I tested before assembly. It took some time to think through the box change and even more doing it. While at it, I did the Phil A. airbox conversion at the same time and the normal stuff one should do every now and then, oil change and such like.

 

No liquid leaks, the smoke inside the wiring harness didn't escape either. The bike started on the button and sounded normal.It's still snowing intermittently whilst writing this, so I haven't had a chance to test the gearbox in speed.

 

So now it's time to connect a power commander and then some dyno runs at our local Bike-Doctor and enjoy riding through the volcanic ash clouds the Icelanders very nicely donated us for the coming summer.

[docc]

No indication looking at the old gearbox what could have been the trouble?

 

If your 'new' gearbox is a 2002, consider keeping a spare shift spring on hand . . .

[lemppari]

No indication looking at the old gearbox what could have been the trouble?

 

If your 'new' gearbox is a 2002, consider keeping a spare shift spring on hand . . .

 

Haha, thinking about that I almost switched the gearchange covers! Amids a big turmoil in everyday life I haven't had time to open up the original Pandora's box yet, let alone service the wife's Nevada.

 

Guessing from the fact that the mixture was set really rich (TPS 420 mV with everything srewed out and unconnected!) I would suspect that the previous owner liked to trundle along slowly in high gear and hack the teething in the process?

 

Could be a wise move to stash a few springs in the toolbox, though.....

[lemppari]

YESYESYESYESSS! Just home from a 100 km testrun. The gearbox works perfectly and most importantly, the sixth gear does not win the noise competition between it and exhaust......In fact, what with the wind, exhaust and more open intake, I just couldn't hear any noise from the sixth.

 

Otherwise, riding a motorbike for the first time this spring was as dull and stupid as it usually is........

 

I'm still hovering near the ceiling!

[mikie]

Congratulations on your success! I always marvel at posts such as this, as I'm confident that if I tried to do a similar task, my bike would likely end up with a salvage title .

[docc]

YESYESYESYESSS!

I'm still hovering near the ceiling!