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Pressure relief valve in the timing cover? Weak or broken spring, ball not seating properly. Hoses? When were they last replaced? Hose on the suction side collapsing? Oil cooler blocked?Might be a good time to install a pressure gauge.
I am going to run mine, on the centerstand,and look in the ATF tank for flow, and will report back.Rick
Might the clutch for the 2 speed transmission be the culprit?????
Brider, I just came in from the garage making a video of my converts atf tank with it running. I tried to send it to my email so I could post it here, but I was unable to. It stated it was too big. Let me tell you, though. It was hard to show the inside of the tank/ fluid , even shining an led falshlight in there, it would block most of the opening for filming, and all the video showed was a pink hazy image where the fluid is. Here is what I saw, the fluid seemed not to move at all, there was no obvious" flow" or "current" or real air bubbles in the tank. Revving the bike on the centerstand with the tire spinning, same thing, I could not discern any obvious fluid movement in the tank, just the upper surface of the clean, pink atf. The only thing I could see was a few tiny "particulates" of some sort, possibly tiny air bubbles, that would slowly move from front to rear, in the fluid, when I stuck the little flashlight deep in the hole. I hope this helpsRick D.
I flogged my Convert this weekend trying to reveal any weakness in preparation for a trip in May, and all seems to be working well.
1. Does it slip immediately when cold? If so, this could mean your convertor is either shot, OR is not full of fluid.
2. Have you confirmed that the pump is actually pumping fluid and is at the right pressure? (No idea what that should be)
3. If you don't want to cut into a line to test pressure, why not remove the line from the pump, stick it in a bucket and start the bike to confirm that it is pumping fluid.
4. Have you checked the 'Dry Clutch' pack? I've read of some cases where this was out of adjustment or was slipping. Also that it got gummed up and the plates stuck together. Is worth a look.
"Going 5 spd" is going to take a lot of parts. Flywheel, clutch, transmission, driveshaft, rear drive and timing cover at the very least. It's rare that I open a 5 spd. that doesn't have issues that need to be corrected. 7/33 rear drives are getting a bit hard to find. You could be "jumping from the frying pan into the fire".
Yeah, but it's all KNOWN tech, Charlie.
So is the Convert drive system.