Help cant select 1st or neutral ?
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:31 am
I arrived at a junction on my R850R and wasnt able to select 1st or neutral I was able to pull away in what feels like 2nd or 3rd and I seem to be able to get 4,5th etc but no 1st or neutral.Prior to this the bike has been shifting sweetly enough in my opinion or as sweetly as a BMW box can.
So I got to work and with a tin of WD40 and the bike on its centrestand I gently rotated the back wheel back and forth as much as it would move with it being in gear. Then I pulled the gearlever up and down whilst dousing it in WD40 and it went into neutral. I took it round the carpark once going from first to second and it seems ok.
I also noted the gear lever is not hard to move but if you push it down it sticks there. I have got everything crossed that it was just corrosion problem on the outside components and the problem is not within the gearbox. I am holding on to the thought that it cant be gearbox failure as it would have just failed wouldnt it ?
Previously the bike had a history of being used all year round but the last owner has done next to no miles on it and I wonder if it is corrosion and lack of use ?
So I got to work and with a tin of WD40 and the bike on its centrestand I gently rotated the back wheel back and forth as much as it would move with it being in gear. Then I pulled the gearlever up and down whilst dousing it in WD40 and it went into neutral. I took it round the carpark once going from first to second and it seems ok.
I also noted the gear lever is not hard to move but if you push it down it sticks there. I have got everything crossed that it was just corrosion problem on the outside components and the problem is not within the gearbox. I am holding on to the thought that it cant be gearbox failure as it would have just failed wouldnt it ?
Previously the bike had a history of being used all year round but the last owner has done next to no miles on it and I wonder if it is corrosion and lack of use ?