I have a story for you all.
I was driving my 1991 R4 Lider home, from the friendly local mechanic no less, and I lost first gear. I happened to be entering a roundabout, which was on an incline, so I was kind of trapped there with lots of other cars honking at me until I could finally manage in 2nd.
It doesn't seem to be a problem with the shifter or linkage. I can feel it going into each gear, but when I try to drive in 1st nothing happens, like I'm in neutral. All the other gears work fine, including reverse.
It rolls in 1st with the engine off as well. I lifted the hood and tried to shift at the trans by hand and it rolls when I put it in first there as well.
Has this happened to any of you?
Tomorrow or Monday I'll take the lid off of the trans and see what I can see. I expect broken metal bits, but its strange it didn't make a noise or any indication, just don't have first gear anymore.
I was driving my 1991 R4 Lider home, from the friendly local mechanic no less, and I lost first gear. I happened to be entering a roundabout, which was on an incline, so I was kind of trapped there with lots of other cars honking at me until I could finally manage in 2nd.
It doesn't seem to be a problem with the shifter or linkage. I can feel it going into each gear, but when I try to drive in 1st nothing happens, like I'm in neutral. All the other gears work fine, including reverse.
It rolls in 1st with the engine off as well. I lifted the hood and tried to shift at the trans by hand and it rolls when I put it in first there as well.
Has this happened to any of you?
Tomorrow or Monday I'll take the lid off of the trans and see what I can see. I expect broken metal bits, but its strange it didn't make a noise or any indication, just don't have first gear anymore.