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Old 8 Jul 2012
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Yamaha XT 660Z broke down in Brisbane
Hey guys, i will try this here. May someone can help me.

I was travelling the last year from Germany to Australia. Australia is a temporary stop for me befor i wanna go to South America next year.

I was riding from darwin to Brisbane when my Bike broke down in Roma.
There was a Yamaha Dealer who did a Check on it. It seems to be a problem with the transmission, what means (so the yamaha dealer explained) they have to take off the engine to open it. What would cost a lot of money I do not have yet. I came to Australia for work to save money again for my second part around the world trip.

The Bike is now in Brisbane.

May someone can help me. I could give the bike to the yamaha dealer to get it fixed for some thausends bucks. but may there are some other option. may someone knows someone who knows someone a mechanic who would help me. someone i can work on this problem together etc.
Now i am in brisbane i have time. the bike dont have to be fixed soon. so it can be a project for a longer time.

anywhere. i think you understand my problem. and maybe i can get some help or advicesd.

thanks a lot
ingo
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What are the symptoms?

Transmission could be a pretty straightforward job...
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symptoms are:

transmission has locked up
can not select gears

what the dealer did:
drain oil & coolant, remove clutch cover & clutch assembly, problem is in main case, will need to remove motor and split to repair.

indeed a straightforward job.
but maybe there are some retired mechanics outside whoe just waiting for having a task again
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Sounds like bent selector forks.

You could reduce bill substantially by taking engine to reconditioner as a 'short engine' i.e. stripped down as far as you can; they can then split cases and fix problem - would probably halve the bill.....

Or get a manual and have a go yourself.... I think it's a pretty simple engine.

Good luck with it.
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Ingo,

Bad luck. If you have no luck in the Brisbane area I'm in Newcastle about 800km south . I'm not a mechanic, but am an engineer, and have re-built a lot of motors including Yamaha singles. Would happily help you by doing the work if we can work out some way of getting the bike here. PM me for my mobile number if you want to talk this option through.
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Why dont you post on XT660.com
There are lost of guys with Zs there in Australia and a few in Brisbane.

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