1000 miles since I overhauled the rotary top 4 speed on my 1984 FXSB Shovelhead. Leak-free and trouble-free..... other than a minor annoyance which was also present before the overhaul.
At a stop light in neutral, transmission does not like to go into 1st gear unless I blip the throttle and give it some good persuasion. I feel the "persuasion" is a bit excessive. Clutch has no dragging issues as far as I can tell or creeping at the stoplight issue(5 finger dry clutch). Although, the 5 clutch stud fingers DO have minor wear grooves which I smoothed out as best I could during assembly. I plan on replacing the entire setup with a Rivera Pro Clutch next year. I am running mid controls. Gear spacing and shifter fork alignment I am confident with during the overhaul. Again, it did this before the overhaul (running forward controls at the time).
Upshifts completely fine. Downshifts completely fine and downshifts just fine into 1st when rolling. Easy to find neutral as well.
Is this just par for the course with the rotary top? I replaced all the outer linkage mechanisms during the overhaul and already I see a good amount of slop in the bushings. I wonder if that is contributing to it. Sometimes I wish I canned the rotary top for a ratchet top since I feel the rotary top linkages is an absolutely terrible design.
Anything else I should check?
At a stop light in neutral, transmission does not like to go into 1st gear unless I blip the throttle and give it some good persuasion. I feel the "persuasion" is a bit excessive. Clutch has no dragging issues as far as I can tell or creeping at the stoplight issue(5 finger dry clutch). Although, the 5 clutch stud fingers DO have minor wear grooves which I smoothed out as best I could during assembly. I plan on replacing the entire setup with a Rivera Pro Clutch next year. I am running mid controls. Gear spacing and shifter fork alignment I am confident with during the overhaul. Again, it did this before the overhaul (running forward controls at the time).
Upshifts completely fine. Downshifts completely fine and downshifts just fine into 1st when rolling. Easy to find neutral as well.
Is this just par for the course with the rotary top? I replaced all the outer linkage mechanisms during the overhaul and already I see a good amount of slop in the bushings. I wonder if that is contributing to it. Sometimes I wish I canned the rotary top for a ratchet top since I feel the rotary top linkages is an absolutely terrible design.
Anything else I should check?
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