thanks for the input, after i posted last night i was looking at parts diagrams and some videos online (just to see what the back of the motor looks like) and it looks like there should be enough room to slip the yoke off the back w/o removing everything! I've been taking pictures of stuff I won't remember as I go (electrical connectors, order of plug wires, etc)... I kind of expected to have oil running out as I move the engine around, I need to drain the oil yet, but I figured if I can get everything disconnected I'll be in good shape.
I don't have a shop manual, does anyone know the torque specs for the crankcase bolts and the torque steps/pattern when putting everything back together? as for the not shifting while stopped... mine had been doing that before, now it just doesn't shift at all... stopped or moving, engine running/not running... Its almost like something is preventing the shifter from finding the next gear and its stuck in between gears. While I have the bike apart i'm going to inspect the bottom end of the engine too, just to make sure nothing is damaged there, so we'll see how this goes! On Saturday, June 2, 2012 2:12:57 AM UTC-4, brian lindsley wrote: > > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nighthawk_lovers/-/42zs2agGUuUJ. 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.
