
6 Aug 2011
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HELP: 3UX XT600e overheating and gearbox issue
Hello,
My (beloved and long missed) ’95 3UX XT600 is suffering some overheating and a geabox issues. I have been looking around, but could not find an answer, so I’d be really grateful for your advice/knowledge.
a) Riding alone, not loaded and not revving at all, at an average 60-70km/h in low traffic, just a few red lights and open road, and in Swiss summer (not hot), it is a matter of time (10-15kms?) to reach ca. 110ºC (I stopped right before). Should as cars run at 90ºC, 110ºC is very hot and 120ºC is STOP right now?
b) In addition, when I engage 5th gear it starts to sound as “brushing/rubbing” (rozar in Spanish, frotter in French, I do not know in English, sorry). It only happens when accelerating, no matter the speed. If I go downhill and release the gas, no sound, just touch the gas, it starts. So, I’ve just riding on 4th gear. And, ironically (I think, as oil will be more liquid?), when I ride for a while and it warms up, gears are much harder to engage.
Last year I changed oil and filters and added an oil thermometer and an oil plug with a magnet to control temperature and to prevent possible iron fillings to move around in the oil. I just rode it short distances and very gently, but did not try to get it fix just to park it right after for 1 year.
Again, I can feel how it gets hotter in my tights and just have to look at the thermometer to confirm it. The bike doesn’t “want” to be accelerated anyway, just low rev and does not run well as it used to (when it was a pleasure to feel the single tok, tok, tok…). Now it vibrates awkwardly.
I just guess something like “valves adjustment” needed and 5th gear to be replaced, but I lack the knowledge to diagnose at all.:confused1:
Any idea of what all this may be? Thanks a lot in advance.
Esteban
PS: I was just dreaming of getting it back running, so I am just really f**ked now, sorry for the expression, since I just lack the money to fix anything expensive now...
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