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Subject:Re: '86 4-speed Westy won't move: Worn out clutch or broken transmission?
From:Jim Felder
Date:Mon, 18 Jan 2016 18:54:31 +0000

That was a little quick to be a worn out clutch. It could be a gone slave
cylinder (are there signs of leaking around/under it?), a gone transmission
(though this doesn't really sound like it), something loose or broken on
the shifter up front, the u-joint, the shifter in the rear or the shifted
cup and ball. Easy stuff, once you find it the problem. Let's hope it's one
of those easy ones.

Jim

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 11:33 AM James Kim <jkim.phd@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been helping my friend with his newly bought '86 Westy. Engine runs
> fine but shifting was very difficult and couldn't find gears easily. But he
> could drive around in the underground parking lot with occasional  grinding
> and crunching of the gears through all the gears. Yesterday he tried to
> drive it on the street and after a few blocks it wouldn't go anymore so he
> got it towed to my house. Now it won't move at all. It acts like it's in
> neutral all the time. I am suspecting a completely worn-out clutch or a
> broken transmission. Can a worn-out clutch cause a no-movement-at-all
> condition? We have so far replaced the clutch master and slave cylinders
> and all the shift linkages. Please advise.
>
> James
>
> I have an 87 Westy.