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Carl
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Third gear skiping

Post by Carl » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:03 pm

Just finished a resto '67 CL77. It does not fully engage third gear and "skips" (tries to engage) so I just go to fourth. Is the most likely problem the Gear Cotters? Wish I knew about this forum when I was deep into the resto. Carl
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LOUD MOUSE
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Re: Third gear skiping

Post by LOUD MOUSE » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:57 am

Hello Carl. It can be one or two gears that are bad. You will probably have to split the engine to find out. It's not necessary to remove the cylinders and head tp get to the gears. I remove the bottom case and the gears are right there. You may want to look at the shift forks and shift drum rollers also. .........................lm

Carl wrote:Just finished a resto '67 CL77. It does not fully engage third gear and "skips" (tries to engage) so I just go to fourth. Is the most likely problem the Gear Cotters? Wish I knew about this forum when I was deep into the resto. Carl
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Carl
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Re: Third gear skiping

Post by Carl » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:38 am

LOUD MOUSE wrote:Hello Carl. It can be one or two gears that are bad. You will probably have to split the engine to find out. It's not necessary to remove the cylinders and head tp get to the gears. I remove the bottom case and the gears are right there. You may want to look at the shift forks and shift drum rollers also. .........................lm

Carl wrote:Just finished a resto '67 CL77. It does not fully engage third gear and "skips" (tries to engage) so I just go to fourth. Is the most likely problem the Gear Cotters? Wish I knew about this forum when I was deep into the resto. Carl
Thanks, LM. I inspected all the transmission internals during complete teardown while in resto process. Saw no serious looking wear, but I did replace the shift drum. The previous owner had warned me about the skipping. I will soon break it open again for even closer inspection.
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LOUD MOUSE
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Re: Third gear skiping

Post by LOUD MOUSE » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:10 pm

Get in touch if ya think I can help. ........................lm

Carl wrote:
LOUD MOUSE wrote:Hello Carl. It can be one or two gears that are bad. You will probably have to split the engine to find out. It's not necessary to remove the cylinders and head tp get to the gears. I remove the bottom case and the gears are right there. You may want to look at the shift forks and shift drum rollers also. .........................lm

Carl wrote:Just finished a resto '67 CL77. It does not fully engage third gear and "skips" (tries to engage) so I just go to fourth. Is the most likely problem the Gear Cotters? Wish I knew about this forum when I was deep into the resto. Carl
Thanks, LM. I inspected all the transmission internals during complete teardown while in resto process. Saw no serious looking wear, but I did replace the shift drum. The previous owner had warned me about the skipping. I will soon break it open again for even closer inspection.
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