shifter dead.........$$$$$$ ??????

[RoadVenture]

update

Oh yeah... i forgot to mention there is even a special pair of sockets just to get the engine out of the frame! Which i do have. Bigern

That's good to know! Here's where I am as of today. I contacted "Hombre's" mechanic guy at the Triumph dealer in Winchester, VA. He was very helpful and suggested that I contact Triumph first thinking they might want to do something to help. So, I did. The rep I talked to wanted me to take my bike to my local dealer in Baltimore at which time they could evaluate my problem and contact Triumph's warranty people who MIGHT agree to cover some, or all costs for the repair. I am not counting on this though but I want to at least go through the motions. I have arranged to take my RIII down to the local dealer and see what happens. I will tell them though that the bike is to NOT be disassembled until Triumph comes back with a decision to cover the repair. If they decide not to do so, then I am going to learn far more about how the Rocket III is built then I ever wanted to.

Thanks again for your help. I'll let you know if I actually will need to borrow your special tool collection.

 

[RoadVenture]

dead shifter follow-up (5-14-08)

A while back I started this thread with a problem. Namely, my shifter went "floppy". Based on Bigern2300's photos and comments (see Bigern2300's photos posted in the "photo album" section) I decided that the problem must be the bolt that holds the shift pawl to the shifter shaft inside the transmission. It backed out enough to become disengaged or fell out. Either way the result was the same.............no shift.

I dropped the RIII off to Pete's Cycle in Baltimore. The service manager there, with the aid of photos from this site, went to bat for me and got Triumph to agree to cover the cost of the repair. That's the good news. The bad news is that Pete's Cycle apparently did not want to do the job as the service manager told me that they could not get to it until the fall of this year. So, I called the dealer where the bike was purchased, L&D Triumph, in Dover, DE. The service manager there DID want to do the work and I am scheduled to drop the RIII off to them on 5-21.

So, barring any screw-ups on disassembly or assembly, I should have the RIII back on the road by the end of the month.