From: | Jeff | e-mail: | vice.grip-A-comcast.net |
Subject: | RE: 165 transmission 1st and 2nd gears missing teeth? | Date: | Thu Jul 2 17:00:55 2015 |
Response to: | 20601 |
----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- Just pulled the 1955 165 out of Dad's basement. Been there for 40 years. He broke the trans while pulling me around the yard on a sled. 3rd gear seems OK, but 1st and 2nd gears seem to be missing some gear teeth and only engage for a partial revolution. Kicking the starter in 1st or 2nd will cause the bike to move forward for a bit, then forward motion stops followed by a gear tooth missing kind of grinding noise. Trying to figure out what trans parts might be needed to fix this before I split the cases. Any other info you might gleen from the photo would be interesting. I'm not sure of the original color, I know it is original paint that has faded to a redish tan color. I have the original seat, but the seat on it looks to be a Harley part?? Also has a high pipe, possibly using the original cigar muffler inverted with a mounting extension bracket. Can't wait to get this thing running again. |