RT in hospital

[ironbuttdean]

2012RT-S started shifting on its' own this morning. Left a parking lot, turning right and it went into neutral. I shifted into first thinking I may have bumped the down shift and accelerated. Shifted up through gear to fourth at about 50 mph. Suddenly it shifts back down to second,

 

[Dan_Ashley]

2012RT-S started shifting on its' own this morning. Left a parking lot, turning right and it went into neutral. I shifted into first thinking I may have bumped the down shift and accelerated. Shifted up through gear to fourth at about 50 mph. Suddenly it shifts back down to second,

Mine is in too. For a well-baby check...you know, oil change, basic service....

 

[Marker]

2012RT-S started shifting on its' own this morning. Left a parking lot, turning right and it went into neutral. I shifted into first thinking I may have bumped the down shift and accelerated. Shifted up through gear to fourth at about 50 mph. Suddenly it shifts back down to second,

Did you check the oil level ?

 

[ironbuttdean]

Oil level

Yes all good

Did you check the oil level ?

 

[3 Wheel Addict]

Hope you have warranty, it sounds expensive. I have the SE5 on my 13 and problems like this make me worry about it. I wanted the SM5 but the dealer talked me out of it.

 

[Bob Denman]

Why two separate threads? :dontknow:

 

[ironbuttdean]

Two threads

Fat finger problem and not being used to the iPad touch screen
My bad, sorry

Why two separate threads? :dontknow:

 

[ironbuttdean]

Warranty

Bike was a left over 12, purchased in March 13, so should still be under warranty.

Hope you have warranty, it sounds expensive. I have the SE5 on my 13 and problems like this make me worry about it. I wanted the SM5 but the dealer talked me out of it.

 

[Chupaca]

Bummer..!!

have not heard of this problem. Sounds like the shift relay is on the fritz if oil level is fine. Interesting let us know what they find...:dontknow:

 

[Bob Denman]

Fat finger problem and not being used to the iPad touch screen
My bad, sorry

Completely understandable; I've not been able to get comfortable with Apple's way of doing thing's either...


It's not oil level; that affect the ability of the transmission to shift properly...
This is something in the shifting mechanism that's giving the computers bad information.
I mentioned the gear position sensor, but there's got to be more parts in that subsystem that could be looked at...
Good Luck; Please let us know what they find! :thumbup:

 

[ironbuttdean]

Findings

Bike is ready to be picked up. Talked to them a few minutes ago and the only thing they did was take the left switch gear apart, clean contacts and dry it out. Service manager said he also rode it and couldn't duplicate the symptoms after they finished.

Relieved if that's all it was. Time will tell. Hard to believe it was that since the bike had not been out in the rain for a couple of weeks and I was very careful with the hose while washing it the day before the problem arose.

I will probably take the switch apart and use silicon spray from the dive shop and then seal it off with some clear RTV.

At any rate, now that the good weather has passed, I will pick it up tomorrow and be back in the wind AND rain.

Dean

Completely understandable; I've not been able to get comfortable with Apple's way of doing thing's either...


It's not oil level; that affect the ability of the transmission to shift properly...
This is something in the shifting mechanism that's giving the computers bad information.
I mentioned the gear position sensor, but there's got to be more parts in that subsystem that could be looked at...
Good Luck; Please let us know what they find! :thumbup:

 

[jerpinoy]

That 's very unusual. I hope you'll get it fix and it should be under warranty.

 

[Bob Denman]

We're waiting to hear what will hopefully, be some good news! :thumbup:

 

[ironbuttdean]

Got it back

Rode the Spyder home, an hour in a downpour, with no problems. Actually, it is shifting more smoothly. Mechanic says there were two drops of water across the contacts on ribbon connector in the left hand switch gear. As soon as he dried it out, everything started working properly.

Will get a few miles in next week before school starts back. On New Years Day, we try to get in a Polar
Bear ride around the Okefenokee Swamp with a stop at the Shak By The Track in St. George for bbq.

All here are in a happy, happy, happy place again.

Dean

We're waiting to hear what will hopefully, be some good news! :thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

I'm so glad to hear that it was a pretty simple fix! :2thumbs:
Did your mechanic attempt to do a better job of keeping water out of that connector?

 

[ironbuttdean]

Mech

I'm so glad to hear that it was a pretty simple fix! :2thumbs:
Did your mechanic attempt to do a better job of keeping water out of that connector?

Not sure as I didn't ask that directly. We talked about waterproofing it, so probably didn't happen. I will do it myself.

 

[Bob Denman]

:thumbup: That's cool too! :thumbup:

 

[ulflyer]

Not sure as I didn't ask that directly. We talked about waterproofing it, so probably didn't happen. I will do it myself.

Take some pics in case some of us non-tech types feels the need to waterproof theirs.

 

[ironbuttdean]

Pics

Will do.

Take some pics in case some of us non-tech types feels the need to waterproof theirs.