| Author | Message | ||
     Italialaw |
Hello all, I posted this in the tranny section: I was out riding this past weekend on my 1998 Thunderbolt. I was traveling at about 35mph in second gear and all of a sudden it felt like I was in neutral. I slowed down and dropped down into first and the same thing, like the bike was in neutral. I pulled off into a driveway and again tried to move the bike starting from a stop position. The bike would not move and it made a grinding noise from underneath the crankcase cover. In fact, I could let the clutch all the way out in first gear and the bike acted as if it was in neutral. I could also physically roll the bike in any gear as if it was in neutral. The bike has the HD "extended warranty" and I am hoping it will be covered (I believe transmission failure is covered). My question is: do the above symptoms indicate my tranny is shot? Also, is this a problem with tube frame Buells? I don't remember ever reading about a recall on the transmission. Thanks! | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Sounds shot, sorry. My ironhead did something simmilar. I was going about 90-100 (because I'm dumb) and the fourth gear ate its shifter fork. At least you have a trapdoor, eh? | ||
| Djkaplan |
The most amazing thing about your story is that a 1998 Buell is still under some kind of warranty. | ||
| Italialaw |
I mis-typed. I have the "extended service plan." I bought the bike from a dealership 2.5 years ago and it had only 1800 miles. That's why I was offered the plan (what the dealer said). I'm glad I accepted that offer now. | ||
| Screamerbolt |
will the bike still start when you hit the starter button?have you pulled the primary cover off yet? | ||
| Pressureangle |
Sorry for the late post. Sounds like your front pulley got loose and stripped the splines. If you're lucky. | ||
| Firemanjim |
I agree,some early Buells had problems with the front pulley,newer pulleys have a thicker spline area. My S-2 was very close to doing it when I discovered it doing other work.Nut had not come loose at all,BTW. |
