newbie (i know another one) engine covers

chrishorner · Post by **chrishorner** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:35 pm

ok i took both side covers to the engine off (transmission side and chain side) in order to clean them up sand them and repaint them. Now upon putting them back on the rear tire is locked up and the kick start doesnt move...Also on the transmission side it only has one gear...so obviously i missed something when putting them back. I know i know.. be gental with me im new to the motorcycle maintance... .lol

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:01 am

Did you remove the clutch and the bolt with the 15mm head behind it? .................lm

chrishorner wrote:ok i took both side covers to the engine off (transmission side and chain side) in order to clean them up sand them and repaint them. Now upon putting them back on the rear tire is locked up and the kick start doesnt move...Also on the transmission side it only has one gear...so obviously i missed something when putting them back. I know i know.. be gental with me im new to the motorcycle maintance... .lol

chrishorner · Post by **chrishorner** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:07 pm

no all i removed were both side covers nothing else....i didnt want to get this indepth with it ...guess i was wrong on that account. i tried removing the transmission side cover again and put the cover back on. i did have all the gears untill i moved the bike then it went back to one gear?! i shifted the gear fine then they went back to one.. so im sure i didnt take anything off other then the panels

e3steve · Post by **e3steve** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:50 pm

C/CA/CB/CL??

Sounds to me like the kickstart shaft shifted from it's preferred rest position before you put the r/h cover back, and now the pawl is locking the transmission. Take the r/h cover off again and, before refitting, rotate the splined kick shaft fully c/w, taking care to not damage the splines.

Just a thought..........

chrishorner · Post by **chrishorner** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:56 pm

ok i tryed moving the kick shift to the right...it will only move maybe a quarter inch ...so i took off the tranmission side to see if that would "reset" the gears...still only one gear...i took a pic of the right side so maybe you could see if it looks as though something is missing...im lost at this point lol