[surelly09]

OK.. so out wheelin Sat night and i bumped into a tree... hard enough to dent the front bumper. I went to back off the tree, and i put it in reverse and hit the gas and it didn't move. Put it in HI and nothing, Lo and nothing. I tried D1, D2, and ESP and it makes no difference. Put it in neutral and no N shows up. The N green light flickers. The D, L, R all appear on the screen as normal but NO GO!!! While they were towing me back the red reverse light light flickered along with the green neutral light but no N ever showed up.. and i of course i cannot start it in Neutral at all... i have to be in Reverse or Drive and pull the front brake to start her... i know the is the gear selection sensor, but would that cause it not to want drive????? The computer never entered limp mode and never gave me any codes. I checked the oil and it seems a little dirty but there is plenty in there. There are no noises coming from the transmisison or sub transmission. Anyone have any ideas???

 

[Honda Mechanic]

The bump knocked the oil pump chain off ... The bike shouldn't be started before it is fixed because the engine isn't pumping oil and the hydrostatic transmission is turning dry ...

 

[surelly09]

dang!!! Thanks for the diagnosis.... OK... so... is this something i can do myself or do i need to take it in??? and if i take it in are they going to cover it under warranty?

 

[MAD MUDDER]

i cant answer the warranty question but, if you have the tools to do it i would just do it your self. if it is the first time you have been in the motor i recomend getting a shop manual. its not a bad job at all but if you dont have the place to do it or the tools to do i i would just take it to the shop.
-Aaron

 

[eric]

Isn't there something more reliable than a chain in the year 2007? From what I have read (never had any problems out of my 05 Ruby), the chain is cause of failures.

 

[Yooperforeman]

I thought someone told me in '05 Honda updated the oil pump chain with a better tensioner set up.Is this true?

 

[submarine]

same thing happened to mine i did it myself with engine in bike not too bad of a job. just be careful with the end of crank were the suport bearing is its very soft! What i found that causedit was the chain was streched a little but the oil pump sprocket was wobly i got a flat washer and beveled it a little to take up the slack so far it works good.

 

[eric]

^^Are you serious? I can't believe that Honda tolerances allow for washers

Isn't there a reason the gear is/was wobbly?.................a washer, that blows me away

 

[submarine]

that was my idea. ididnt like the way it was so i did that

 

[surelly09]

i see an insurance claim in my future

 

[eric]

^^ Naw, you'll love that machine. They really are awesome.

 

[surelly09]

ohhh i am going to keep the bike.. i love it.... i am just going to have my insurance repair it....