Well, like I said... I haven't even opened the side cover yet to determine the extent of the damage.... perhaps this weekend. Even though she's got 194 grand, the engine was rebuilt less than 50,000 mi ago..... I do know that when I push her, there's an ugly grinding sound as the chain turns the sprocket.... Oh, and believe me, I know all about 'hard-to-get' parts.... seems most of these parts are put on a slow boat from Japan headed westward.....
Actually thinking of buying a third bike just for parts... too much invested in the two I got to give up now..... Yeah, it's a dangerous cycle ;-) -Thomas =========================== Thomas H. Keyworth http://www.keyworth.net http://www.district37ama.org http://www.jpt-promotions.com http://www.wallyscycleworld.com =========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Harrington To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 3:31 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: Re: FJR1300 PRODUCTION CANCELED. Hey! Countershaft stripping! That's the same thing that happened to me but in only 4000 miles... Really look hard at saving the output shaft--the whole motor must be disassembled to replace it :>( The mechanic that started the job said the nut was tight--just a weak sprocket or something. Started a whole bunch of horrible events that only RSRBOB saved me from--Thanks again. Make sure you have a good shop do the work--order parts in advance if you can, some will be hard to get in time to rebuild while the disassembly is fresh in their minds... FL Kev --- "Thomas H. Keyworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I realize this thread is now a couple weeks old, and > I must confess I don't always keep up you guys (but > I do peek in occasionally) but..... w/ both GTS' > down right now, (think I stripped the drive > sprocket/shaft a couple weeks ago - haven't had the > heart to open it up to find out yet - the other's > STILL in the shop, still waiting to have the fuel > injectors synced).. I finally decided to go down and > get the FJR 1300... hah! silly me. Of everything I > read on Yamaha's site, nothing alludes to the fact > that they're impossible to get. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
