how many miles has the bike done? Graham On Jun 2, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Dave wrote:
> 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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