my scaner is not working but it is a fairly easy task to disconect the universal joint (whole shaft is left on the bike) remove the pivot joint cap, then pry the universal joint to the rear and slip a screw driver throu the pivot joint hole. The book also doesn't tell you that the screwdriver has to be a thin shafted screwdriver. your screw driver will slip through the universal joint and hold it back out of the way so you can remove the engine. The repair manual has one sentence for this procedure. I take lots of photos with my digi camera so thatI can be sure I don't miss a step putting it back together. I would also recomend a repair book (manual) unless you are really good at this sort of thing. to spilt the case thier are two pages in the book and to put it back togther thier are four pages. I have two engines sitting on my work bench right now and when I turned them over to take the bottom screws out thie was still lots of oil to come out of all the little pockets in the engine maybe 1/4 to 1/2 a quart so just be prepaired for that to.
My nighthawk 700 will sometimes not down shift if I am stopped so I just roll the bike back and forth a little then it shifts. On Jun 1, 7:56 pm, Dave <heed...@gmail.com> wrote: > The last I checked it (couple wks ago?) it was completely full, and there > was no evidence of an external leak... tonight I got all but the exhaust > and the driveshaft off. The shaft has me puzzled, anyone have any > experience removing the shaft from these? Do I need to remove the swingarm, > or is there a better way? > > > > On Friday, June 1, 2012 9:55:53 PM UTC-4, Kyle Munz wrote: > > > Just to check the simple things before cracking the case, have you checked > > the clutch fluid? > > > -Kyle > > > On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Dave <heed...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> I need a little help... my bike was working properly the other day until > >> I got home. I couldn't downshift out of overdrive, Stepping on the > >> shifter, you can feel everything moving, but it doesn't click into the next > >> gear... at this point, the gear indicator on the dash is indicating OD, but > >> its in between gears, you can pull the clutch in and release and makes no > >> difference. Its been shifting a little funny (mis-shifts occasionally, > >> occasional hard downshift), but seemed OK just prior to coming home... > >> which was about 10 miles of highway driving (I had run a few errands just > >> before coming home and all was good). I was thinking I'm probably going to > >> have to pull the engine and split the case to find the problem... a friend > >> had suggested the shifter forks may be bad. Anyone have any other > >> suggestions? Can anyone tell me what i'm getting into here? I've torn > >> apart car engines/transmissions but never a bike engine/trans... any advice > >> would be appreciated! > > >> Thanks. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > >>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nighthawk_lovers/-/yhPKa50BSKcJ. > >> To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
