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Originally Posted by NickThrash
I was riding my hawk around my block for fun since its still pretty cold up here and didnt plan on going long or far. I let it warm up and took it around the block a few times probably didnt even get it pass 4th gear. I was near home and in 2nd gear and gave it some gas, then all of a sudden, I hear a clanking a clunking.
I looked down and didnt see anything and then i shifted gears down and it went away. I then shifted back to 2nd and it clunked a bunch again... I shifted to 3rd and it went away. I went straight back home and shut the bike off..
What kind of trouble might I be looking at here? Ive never opened up an engine before.. Did one of the gears fail and break and would need replaced? Is the HAWK even worth going this deep into the engine work?.. Thanks...
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Well, short of taking the motor apart, all we can do is speculate. If I had to hazard a guess, then I would say that it sounds like second gear took a crap on you. Drain the oil and see if you find any chunks of metal debris coming out with it. If so, then the next best thing to do would be to tear into the engine.
Is it worth doing so? That depends on you. The parts for these engines are not very expensive, A gasket kit is around 10 bucks. The gears can be purchased individually from CSC ala the TT250. The Mainshaft gear for second is $3.95, and the Counter shaft gear is $5.50. So, even if both gears somehow got destroyed, you are talking $20 and some time.
As far as complication goes, you can't get much simpler and easier. There have been a couple other guys who have recently had to tear into their engines with no previous experience and they managed to get it done.
Even in the worst case scenario and you had to buy all new internals for the transmission, maybe $100, if that.