I went down to the Yamaha shop a couple of days ago and picked up a new set of bearings. I was excited to get the transmission buckled back up so I put the new seals in and tapped the bearings into the holes and put the pinion and gears back in the sub-transmission. As I turned the drive shaft it feels tight but it does not sound too good. I looked everything over and tapped the cover back onto the gears. I turned the drive shaft and.... yuck. It won't turn and when I force it it sounds like I am grinding coffee. So what is the problem? Taking a closer look at the main high speed gear. There is just enough damage so that the gears don't mesh, and of course I did not mark the gears when I pulled them out so the damaged teeth are not matched to the damaged teeth on the other two gears. Well $@#$..... I guess it is time to buy new gears.
I searched the internet high and low and finally found gears for sale from a dealer back East. I clicked the "checkout" and got the gears on the way, I thought. The dealership called me on Monday and told me "the gear is not made anymore and we will refund your money".
On to Ebay. I found a scrap yard up in Canada that was selling the guts to the sub-transmission for $100. After some negotiation I was able to get them for $50. They should be here in a couple days, I hope.
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