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Took some photos of front universal using smart phone & Endoscopy camera. Not that conclusive. Couldn't load other photos. See my gallery. Mission for today - put rear wheel back in to check movement in gearbox - shift bike to better working position in workshop - get back wheel & swingarm out

Thanks Pete for the offer. Could well take you up on that

I'm hoping cause is something like your photo. Plan is to gather as much info as possible before I start dismantling i.e how I'm going to support bike: how to remove gearbox: who can repair gearbox if I can't

Hi Guys Many thanks for the input It looks like I am going to have to learn how to remove the gearbox. Good thing I'm on holiday for the next week

Hi Doc will find out

Hi Photo below of flywheel thru inspection hole. Redish coloured material looks like it has broken!

I will have a look at fly wheel and report back

No change

Yes runs in gear & neutral

Hi I think I have a gearbox problem. Went for a ride with brother yesterday. Got 20ks down the road and noticed a metallic noise coming from 2001 V11 RM. Stopped had a listen noise had gone away. Road another 100m noise came back. Stopped thinking this isn’t good. Tried to push V11 off on to road verge but couldn’t because back wheel had locked up. It took 2 off us to do it. I was still able to change gear but V11 wouldn’t move forward. Went home on brothers' bike (Yamaha MT09 not for me) and got car & trailer. Got V11 home (Not easy loading a bike with a locked up back wheel). Checked back wheel not binding on swing arm or rear brake binding on disk. Nope. Then took back wheel out thinking diff might have locked up. Nope still moving freely. Then took selector plate off left hand side of gearbox. No sign of damage. Springs on plate still intact. I was still able to run through gears on plate. In retrospect I knew this because I could still change gear but it crossed 1 possibility off the list Checked driveshaft out of right-hand rear of gearbox. I was not able to turn it. Gearbox is in neutral. I think this is what is causing back wheel to lockup. What has happened? Only work I’ve done on V11 recently is replace Cam Sensor (Thanks MartyNZ for loaning me your spare) so unlikely to be anything to do with that

I've fitted one of these cables. I found I needed to put a slight bend in the gearbox end so it clears the rod between the fuel injection units. Otherwise it works fine

Yes RM front axles are threaded. Tool kit should contain a short length of allen key you can use with a spanner to undo axle

My RM has done 85k. So far all good

2nd series Rosso Mandello KR 014438

Beware loading stuff on that rear rack that load doesn't rub on tail piece I usually put tape across tail piece before loading

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