GEARFOX BUCKED!

[cusso ken]

Hitting a Roo on a bike at speed can be fatal for the roo and the rider, hitting anything at 100Kph is a massive impact, Australian roads have allsorts of wildlife wandering around ,hitting Roos in the trucks is not so bad ,a bit of a mess on the Bull Bar and grill but hitting cattle ,camels and donkeys is another matter if they get caught under the cow catcher on the bottom of the bull bar it takes some of the weight of the steer axel as you push them along under the truck, it is surprising how solid meat and bone is,

 

[barbagris]

Australian roads have all sorts of wildlife wandering around ,

Here we have Gypsies. Hit one of those and you have a blood feud. Unless you have friends in very low places.

 

[IMFASTTOO]

Thanks Trips, maybe I should consider that...do you have a contact name and number to hand?

UNDERCUTTING the gearbox really is the best thing you can do to improve the shift quality

 

[Joesmoe]

Just curious, what is involved in undercutting -- and I mean the practical side of how far apart must the engine be taken (including removing it from the bike) - could parts be shipped, to whom, and how much, and so on. Some other time, I'd like to see a link that explains undercutting.

 

[Jeff Cameron]

Undercutting a transmission involves machining angles on the engagement dogs and slots to prevent the transmission from jumping out of gear under load.

 

[Joesmoe]

That's a great video -- never had any idea how that worked, and now, so much more of what I've read over the past three years is making sense.

Now that begs a question -- why don't the manufacturers deliver the transmissions that way ?

And next, what I asked before -- what does it take to do it for the Rocket -- is it easy enough to do to do it by itself, or must there be some other reason one is going through all the time and energy (read: expense) to take the engine apart, in order to make it worthwhile to have access to the transmission parts and send those off somewhere for the undercutting ?

Thanks again @Jeff Cameron !

 

[mr hunt]

I don't think you'd bother unless you already a transmission issue.

Something to be wary of when undercutting is the gear construction...Some gears are casehardened so the grinding process actually exposes the softer metal. Pretty sure this doesn't apply to the R3 tranny but one never knows with triumph...

 

[Steel]

I had mine done when I got the 265 kit installed. It does shift much smoother.

 

[Rocketrussr3]

Sorry to hear this hope you get it sorted real soon ! As for the tyre change what is it they do ?

 

[Neville Lush]

UNDERCUTTING the gearbox really is the best thing you can do to improve the shift quality

Once again, I AGREE. If you have the engine apart/box out to fix a knackered part do it. Spreading the love ART, .