Clutch

[Calum]

It not going into gear could be a variety of things. Worn selector forks, bearings, clutch assembly, clutch springs.

Sounds to me like the clutch isn't disengaging.

Again what I said earlier will tell you it is clutch disengagement problem.

Never heard of a worn basket on a dt before though. Maybe if it ran with no oil. My brother ran his dt gearbox on coolant and oil with no problems. So they are pretty well engineered.

[Ricky]

@Calum I took it to the local bike garage he said it sounds like 1 or both of push rods and ball I've had the bike on its side trying to get them out bit they don't want to come out so I'm going to get a magnet see if that works

[Mightyman]

I replaced mine as I thought they were the cause of a problem I had. Turned out they were fine and didn't have any effect on it. But worth a try for you I suppose!

[Ricky]

@Mightyman definitely worth a try get all 3 for £20

[Mightyman]

Do you have a picture of your clutch basket handy, just to rule that out?

[Ricky]

@Mightyman i will have later when i strip it again

[Calum]

Push rods and ball bearing. Sounds far fetched to me

[Ricky]

@Calum I'm going to strip it soon get the ball and rod out to check them and do some more adjustment

[Ricky]

My ball had 2 flat sides so I've ordered a new 1

[Mightyman]

Wow, hopefully it's your fix man!

[Ricky]

Hopefully

[Calum]

NORFE used to chop up some M6 bolts and use as a bearing....

Not sayinf that's good practice but was good enough for him.

[Ricky]

@Calum I've got some old bearings I was thinking of opening them up see if any are the same size the rods are ok

[Calum]

@Ricky That doesn't look great lol.

You can get the ball bearings off eBay for next to nothing..

[Ricky]

@Calum I've ordered 1 from yambits I was playing with the bearing idea as there can't be any difference surely

[Calum]

I should not have thought so, but as said the correct ball can be had off eBay.

[Ricky]

Probably a daft question but with the bike off and my clutch pulled in should it freewheel or turn the engine over slightly when pushing it

[Mightyman]

Very normal for it to turn the engine.

[Ricky]

@Mightyman so it wouldn't be normal if it didn't

[Mightyman]

Well in theory it shouldn't.. but I've found they always do.