huxley Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Can anyone please help me with the gearbox on my DT. I can only get second gear.I have removed the clutch and taken a photo of the selector.There are 2 marks which line up on the drum and the shaft and another arrow. Should this line up with something ? Cheers I have tried to insert the photo,but am unable to.How do I do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted March 4, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 4, 2017 Sounds drastic, is this post rebuild? There are some arrows, the centre arrow lines up with a dot on the selector drum shaft so that is properly aligned but its not something that normally gets disturbed. The other is around the outer rim and should line up with a dot on the case, round about the 1o'clock position I think. Been a while since I was in mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huxley Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 Thanks for that,I have taken a photo of the positions but could not attach it to my message.Do you know how to do this.I tried dragging the photo but I was told that I could only upload 503KB of data ?. I have not rebuilt the engine as it only has 6000 miles on it.The crankcase looks like it has never been split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted March 5, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 5, 2017 upload your photos to a hosting site such as flickr or photobucket etc, then you can copy them to here in your thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted March 5, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 5, 2017 6000ks. Nope that is very unlikely that its been split. When you say 'only' get second. Can you expand on that. How, where etc. These engines are ridiculosly strong if not powerful it will be something minor. Unless you have been a real clutz with your gearchanges and bent a selector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huxley Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 I bought the bike a month ago.It is an american import 175 E 1978. When I bought the bike the seller said it would only bump off as he had put a pattern carb on it and it was not set up properly so I took him at his word. I have been sorting the electrics out first as they were a mess. I have not had the bike running yet.I can only pull the gearlever up into second gear while the engine is not running.It will not go down into first or up past second. I will try and upload the photo I took. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted March 5, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 5, 2017 That is common when the engine is not running. The gearbox is not like a car, the gears need to be moving to locate cleanly. Put the clutch back on the splines and use it to rock the input shaft (what the clutch is fitted to) and the gears will most likely select easily.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huxley Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Thank you,that was my next plan of attack. I will let you know the outcome Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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