Subject: RE: Please Help Me Solve This Problem
Author: Keith Ruff
Date: Jul 19, 2001, 8:13 PM
Post ID: 1707572287
It is a 4 speed (Ambo). What is an updated cover? What does it do?
Keith Ruff
71 Police Amabassador - NJ
Paul Linn wrote:
| Keith, What tranny do you have? A 4 or 5 speed? You can get a new updated cover for the 4 speeds if that is what you have. I think that might be your problem. Paul 69 Ambo -----Original Message----- From: Keith Ruff [mailto:klru-@webspan.net] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 10:22 PM To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: Please Help Me Solve This Problem ============================================================ Stretch your dollars. Make George do double duty with amazing deals from TopOffers. http://click.topica.com/caaacgOb1dfltb2GgTda/TopOffers ============================================================ Hello All, Mr. "Patience" here. Update on the shifter return spring and definitely some help/ideas needed. My mechanic ground down the triple wound return spring per my direction - didn't want to use the std 2 wound and risk busting the spring again soon. Anyways, he was able to gring it down and make it fit (thanks Kev Graf for the info to grind it down, think it was you who told me to do this?). Here is the strange mystery: He installed the spring per directions from this board - put the tranny in 2nd gear and install the spring. He was able to do this and it shifted through all of the gears. BUT.......every time he re-installs the rear plate, when he tightens the bolts, the spring pops out of place, every time. Why would this be? What is causing the spring to pop out of place when installing the rear cover? He says it works perfect without the cover on, but pops every time the cover is installed. Can't figure it out. Can it have something to do with the fact that the Guzzi mechanic replaced the rear casing on the tranny with an Eldorado style case with new style throwout bearing? Or is there something simple we are missing that is causing the spring to pop out when installing that rear cover? Appreciate any help I can get, want to finally ride this beast - it's been just over a year since I purchased her. Mechanic says she is running perfect, carbs all synched and mixtures all set, timing was way off (part cause of the slow crank problem), valves adjusted (everything else looked good on the heads), oil leak is fixed - turned out the Guzzi mechanic installed a std bolt rather than a drain plug bolt where the gear lube drain hole is where the engine/trans cases meet! Unbelievable how he messed this up, other than rebuilding the trans and getting it to actually work (before this return spring issue), generator is all fixed and the regulator all cleaned up - she's charging great! I have already installed a new coil and rebuilt Marelli starter. Oh, and if some of you remember that blinker/4-way flasher problem I had way back, he solved that too, just needed a new flasher unit and it was fixed. So, she's itching, and I am dieing, to get on the road, just need to solve this return spring dilemma. Please help!! In the meantime, my mechanic is trying to talk me into buying into his auto business and expanding it into a high performance auto shop and moto guzzi sales/repair shop, been thinking about it. Ain't nobody in my area that knows these bikes, there is a definite need here. Thanx! Keith Ruff 71 Police Amabassador - NJ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address athttp://mail.yahoo.com |