Subject: Re: A little success on the Eldo
Author: Patrick Hayes
Date: Apr 4, 2005, 8:55 AM
Post ID: 1718645600
tom christian wrote:
| It does share one idiosynchrasy with the EV. Downshifting into first from neutral at a stop - sometimes I have to hold the shift lever down and release the clutch just a bit before they "clunk" into first. Doesn't seem to hurt anything - seems to be a "character" issue - but I'm curious about what causes this? |
The sliding gears in the Guzzi transmission mate through a meshing of
three hideously great "dogs" on their contact faces. Sometimes, the
dogs of the sliding gear come face-to-face with the dogs on the
stationary gear. Nobody moves in this standoff. It will never go into
gear. By applying a little clutch drag, you get one gear to rotate
slightly and it allows to the dogs of the slider to fall into the
recesses of the stationary.
Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA