Gearbox/clutch drama

mr hunt said:

I've also had a few niggly little problems like the horn cover breaking all the time and the wires breaking at the plug, a couple of oil leaks, constant issues with dysfunctional indicators, 2 cam cover gaskets, mirrors that won't stay in position blah blah blah.....all in under 45k km - worst part is the foot pegs that keep grinding away and the rear tyre doesn't seem to hold its rubber very well


I don't have any experience with the earlier rocket models but I can say for sure that NONE of the other makes in have owned had anywhere near the same number of ongoing issues as the R3....but the R3 is still sitting in my garage and will be nursed back to good health

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mr hunt said:

I've also had a few niggly little problems like the horn cover breaking all the time and the wires breaking at the plug, a couple of oil leaks, constant issues with dysfunctional indicators, 2 cam cover gaskets, mirrors that won't stay in position blah blah blah.....all in under 45k km - worst part is the foot pegs that keep grinding away and the rear tyre doesn't seem to hold its rubber very well

I don't have any experience with the earlier rocket models but I can say for sure that NONE of the other makes in have owned had anywhere near the same number of ongoing issues as the R3....but the R3 is still sitting in my garage and will be nursed back to good health

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mr hunt said:

Currently sitting on the side of the hwy with a roadster stuck in 5th. Clutch action feels ok but when I pull it in and push the bike the gearbox makes a mild grinding noise and lots of clicking like all the cogs are tapping against each other?

I was holding about 90 in 5th and opened her WOT to overtake and then shut hit the fan.

Any clues? My first thought is detent spring?

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Tripps said:

Mine locked up in 2 gears at once, on the interstate in St Louis, at rush hour, on a blind curve and dip. Luckily some fellow Rocket riders where there, after I got second gear, they strung out and formed a relay to wave me back on the road.

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Tripps said:

There's a clip on a shaft, Bob said that Triumph seems to assemble them randomly, but they should be assembled with the part punched on the downward side against the direction of pressure, mine unclipped and the gears wandered all over.

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