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Old 12 Nov 2009
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replacing my 5th gear again!

I think we're all pretty much familiar now with the 5th gear story on the 34L- I was not a believer until I opened up my bike 5 years ago in preparation for a trans Africa trip, but I replaced the 5th gear and it's mate and rode accross Africa twice always considerate of the fact that these bikes dont like low rev riding in 4th and 5th and thought then that such troubles were over. I was wrong. Ive opened the old beast up again now to find that the "new" 5th gear as well as the old 4th need replacement! F**ck!
Anyways Ijust thought Id share that in case anyone thinks, like I did, that their 5th gear troubles were over.
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Thanks for sharing.

How many KM do you have on the gears you are now changing?

Can you post pictures of the gears?
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5th Gear Photos

I have photos I can send you but I dont know how to attach them on here.... I can email them to you.
The current 5th gear has about 35000km on it, but 35000km of riding by someone who was constantly aware of the 5th gear issue and so made a point of being careful not to ride in 5th below 3500rpm (as much as is possible on bad roads). The 4th gear is on 79 000km , when i replaced the 5th originally (at around 45000km) I saw that the 4th was not 100% but it looked good enough and I couldnt afford it then so I left it be. Incidentally Im also having to replace my oil pump, various seals and doing a top end overhaul.

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Gear worries

Scary stuff! Having recently bought an 86 1VJ with 29000km on the clock, I'm now thinking I ought to take a look inside the gearbox! Is there any way I can get an indication of gear condition without stripping, eg backlash through the final drive sprocket, metal in the oil, noise etc? I'm not frightened of splitting the cases etc (honest!), but would just rather avoid it! BTW, anyone got experience of what the final failure mode is - ie do you just lose the top 2 gears, and can go on with 3?
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Hi,I just bought a 2002 and the fifth gear sounds bad,how easy it to replace the gears and do I need a full gasket set?I may as well check the piston out as I need to take the top off too ,I was hoping to get through the summer but I don,t know how long 5th will last....
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Keny, how many km on yours?
Do a search here on "5th gear" & you'll find plenty of info incl upgraded oil pumps, etc for the early models to help with 5th gear wear.
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