Transmission Trouble Anyone? - Templar M

[griizgrokz]

Well, I've put about 40 miles on it total, Changed the oil once already, and was going to change it at 50 miles ish.



Today I went down the road, some pavement, some bad mudholes on a dirt road seldom traveled, more pavement, through a few washed out areas where four wheeler's and side by's fear to tread. lol


And Couldn't get out of 4th gear all of a sudden. I made it home in 4th even though it required a little push n go with a tad bit of clutch to get going to get up my two hills to the house.



It's parked and I'm searching the group now.



If thumper see's this it was a 47 tooth on my M model. I haven't measured the spacing yet.


I've been really easy on the bike except for the couple falls it had when I first brought it home due to reasons expressed elsewhere lol. Any suggestions on where to start other than warranty which I'm looking into now, and will be sending an email somehwere maybe a couple places asap... This is ridiculous.


the gear shift moves up and down normally, but it's as if it's not hitting anything to make the actual gear change.


Nice bike but it's getting less nicer as the days wear on...



Been reading about forks and how to add oil, change oil, or completely replace them or order spacers..



If anyone has suggestions let me know.

[XLsior]

if its stuck in a gear and not sounding crunchy I'd be inclined to believe its the shift mechanism...

Either way is a likely engine case split situation.

If its still under warranty I'd defiantly be contacting the seller...

[TominMO]

If you are mechanically handy, pull off the right side cover and see what's going on in there. It might be something simple, like a piece assembled too loosely or something. Take good pics and show us. It might be obvious to someone on here.

[griizgrokz]

Just thought I'd update everyone. After sending a video to PowerSportsMax which took me a while because I couldn't get it smaller than 40MB with the quality I wanted. They requested a limit of 20MB


But after asking if I had the clutch adjusted properly, lol.. they said the manufacturer also said it's in the shift linkage, which is what I figured since I didn't hear any grinding.



A replacement engine is on it's way at no charge to me. They also said to just keep the engine I'm replacing! awesome sauce!!!


I'm still going to pull the right side of the case as suggested to check things out.



I'll upload some photos as soon as I dig into it.



Thanks everyone for all the info and just being cool. I appreciate it.


I plan on updating the other thread. If thunper happens to see this, it's a 47 tooth, stamped on there. I haven't tried measuring the bolt pattern yet, but thought about try to get a guesstamate by measuring as close as I can get..

[Thumper]

I didn't see this. My guess is that the pins on the shifting forks (one of them) popped out of the shifting drum. Or, the drum itself is no longer ratcheting properly (more likely).

Chances are that you can in fact repair/restore this transmission. Maybe there is a burr on the ratcheting mechanism, and all that is needed is some careful filing and reassembly. This is my best guess.

If this is true, you SHOULD be able to break it loose without disassembly!!!


I would highly recommend attempting to free up the ratcheting shifter drum BEFORE disassembling the two crankcase halves (only way to take apart the transmission).

It may be possible to work it back and it may not get stuck again. Try to figure out what is causing the ratcheting mechanism from getting engaged by the linkage between the shifting shaft (gear shift mounts to this) and the end of the shifting drum. I'll bet this is where the issue is.