So my GL1000 78 model, just completed full overhaul, motor runs great everything worked fine on my first few test runs. Transmission was perfect on my first runs, could go through the gears nice and easy no issues. Then on my 3 / 4th big run got off the highway changed down from top gear and all of a sudden no drive to the wheel.. (As if its in neautral) This is from 5th!!? I stopped turned off the bike had a little think for a minute..
After wiggling the lever up and down for ages (there's still spring tension on the lever) I heard a clunk, now all of a sudden its in a gear I carried on riding, (felt like it was in 3rd by the way) carried on went shift down to 2nd and same thing, locked out again as if its stuck between gears.. Repeated the wiggling and I'm back in a gear and off again..
So I'm riding in 3rd (I think) started to wonder I'd have to ride 100km home on the highway at 50 km/h but I managed to get it back into 5th without the clutch to see what happened.. So I got home and now I'm at a loose end.. Need some ideas..
My symtons only occur when HOT, first 15 mins or so from cold my gears work fine.
I'm thinking maybe front waterpump cover jamming the linkage? Tollerences too tight here when engine warms up?
Shift forks jamming somehow? I did notice wear marks on the forks when I inspected them during the overhaul.. There was a bur on them.. Maybe I should have filed it off?
Also when I'm jammed out of gear I can move the lever up as if its going into gear but it doesn't engage, plus it returns to centre as normal. Although it's really hard to push down.. And when I do push down and spin the back wheel on the stand I can hear a slight grinding noise??
Thanks for reading. Much appreciated wll:
Also I might add that I CANNOT find 1st at all! Lever won't shift down at all when I'm in 2nd. It feels like im stuck between gears some how!?? This is a serious head f*#k
