I like these mystery diagnostic vids. Some of my favorites. Keep on Keeping on man. Merry Christmas to u and your family🤟🏻

Must have stomped the shift lever at high revs without the clutch pulled? Enjoyed the tear down!

@jacobhanson9009

6 ай бұрын

That or broke a chain and bound up

@2023TMc

6 ай бұрын

Yeah let’s keep starting it 🤷🏻‍♂️

It’s always great how you help people out Joe. Happy Holidays to you,the fam and the KZread Family 👍🏽

I admire your work ethic. You put out content consistently and for that I for one can acknowledge credit where credit is due. I am one of those people that has been watching your videos for years and really do wish you would develop further as a mechanic. It’s your channel and your opinion is the only one that matters I get it but people who are mechanics would have a higher opinion of you if some of the sound advice offered to you from your audience was something you could value and appreciate. Most of us long time viewers really are rooting for you and offer advice to help you and are not motivated by trying to be overly critical and just dumping on you. And once again I for one value and appreciate your work ethic.

@bradley7723

6 ай бұрын

I've been working on bikes before there were 3 wheelers and quads and always enjoy watching a young person growing their skill set. Like you said it's his option on how far he takes it. 😊

@conservativerealist

6 ай бұрын

I'd hate to think that veiwers that have little to no mechanical skills might be learning wrong way tow9rk 9n there bike,not realising that Jim's basic fundamentals are backassword.once again..sorry jim.but good intentions can only go so far,then it's just like,,are you doin dumb shit on purpose??

@murrayminimotors1674

6 ай бұрын

Hes always at it

Good going. Where's the little inspector?

@bananabrooks3836

6 ай бұрын

He's helping Santa.

Amazing how you never baulk at tearing things apart, finding and remedying the problem, getting everything reassembled and working again as it should. You are a real inspiration, Joe! Greetings from Australia.

Thanks Joe! Great video and diagnosis. Owner did drop the bike on left side without clutch held in and in a rev, then the chain bound and snap snap snap went the gear teeth. Expensive lesson.

Had one of these bike not too long ago, there pretty nice, and very comfortable and reliable. It's nice how easy they are no work on, especially dropping the engine it's super easy. Good job Joe! Love your videos!

@houseofsolomon2440

5 ай бұрын

I was surprised to see all those jacked gear teeth : (

Another well done video. Happy Holiday to you and family. Always enjoy watching and always learn something new. Thank you for continuing making these videos. It’s always nice to see you putting life into these machines and some of the old ones bring back memories.

Who else is working in your garage sometimes? I don’t really know much about engines and fixing them but I find your show very interesting. I had a 1972 Cuda that I did a lot of repairs on. Engines are no where near the same anymore. Great job!

Brilliant video Joe watching from Edinburgh Scotland UK 🇬🇧 👏

The path to a master mechanic is paved with broken pieces, keep up the good work!

Great video. Loved how you let us hear the problem. Then diagnosed it instantly. Great video joe

Awesome videos man nice work u never miss on knowing what’s wrong and getting them fixed Happy holidays

Joe I got a 2002 Honda Foreman TRX450es that has a bad first gear tooth, or teeth broke/chipped off. I will need to address that very soon...Love your work and skills

My fav channel!!!! Woooo. Love these vids Joe. Love Vinny!!❤❤

No maintenance, adult- ridden hard kids bike. Thats how that happens.

hey thanks for this great video again. I love your video's and that's what got me into fixing my own bikes :)

Joe, the chain sprocket looks severely worn very pointy at tips. It looks like the owner tried kick starting it while gears were bound up! It’s the only way that carnage could happen. A chain jump wouldn’t cause transmission gear damage. Lack of oil or bad bearings causing gear teeth misalignment. Also tell owner to use non-ethanol gas!

@baybuoy3843

6 ай бұрын

The gear failure probably caused the chain failure ... not the chain failure causing the gear failure .

My guess is when he dropped it the shifter hit the ground and tried to force it into the next gear.

@bananabrooks3836

6 ай бұрын

Is that 1st drive gear that's got 3 teeth ripped out? That owners story might not be the full story...

@georgetubbs8211

6 ай бұрын

thats exactly what i was thinking. like trying to shift without the clutch. cause didnt he say it was dropped on the left side?

@pjm204

6 ай бұрын

@georgetubbs8211 yup, it didn't have anything to do with the chain coming off. It's just from dropping it on the left side.

Luv watching your channel, I’ll learning by watching your videos. I’ve been looking for part 2 of your Grandfather’s bike you were working on. Did you make other videos of the repairs ? Keep it up 👍

It's the mystery of the engine fail which keeps me coming back here. And, Oh boy, have we seen a wide variety of them which always makes it very interesting to watch and learn. TnX man and a very Happy Peppy X-Maz!

@rickywoods3101

6 ай бұрын

On this one, I think when the chain broke, it got caught in the drive sprocket causing an immediate harsh stop snapping teeth and then more teeth were probably broken after trying to ride it . I'm a mechanic also and that would be my guess on this one.

Nice bike, great video. Another teaching/learning moment. Keep up the hard work and be nice to 2Vinney

"I don't want to start it up anymore than I have to". 38 kick and about 10 starts, which sounded like a bucket of bolts in a washing machine. Luckily 2vintage is not repairing my bike.

wow.......... a broken chain results in disemboweling the whole engine. Good work. Kool vid.

I will be curious to see how the shift forks go back into the gear sets ...

I’ve learned so much from this channel ty!!🤟🤟 cheers from ont. Canada

That warrior I'm doing for a guy, it's nuts. Couldn't get flywheel off with puller, got to looking at it, it's tack welded to crank. Was rebuilt 2 years ago and started clattering badly. Severe hack job. I knew it was gonna be bad from get go. No grease anywhere, swing arm locked up, etc. Doubt internaly is very well either, had less than 1/4 of a quarter of oil in it. Rod bearings seem ok, but the crank is toast. Bunch of 8 and 10mm headed bolts have been cross thread and used sae bolts 1/4 20s mostly. Yeah 7/16 headed bolts. No gaskets on it, all silicone. Horrible mess. Pulled oil filter housing, it was filled with debris. Wish us luck on this pig, you keep rolling bud, great vids, hope you don't get one like this, wa ts whole bike gone through front to back and motor fixed up, wants it all for under 3k. Got 4 hours already in it. Hardly made a dent. Keep up great vids Joe!! Could use you on this P.O.S. make great vid series for sure.. will let you know how it goes... still gonna get our morning Joe vids before we start wrenching.

7:35 Joe looks like your panning for gold!

Crank or rod. Had the one recently, owner rebuilt top end, left oiler rings of piston. Wow, it was trashed. Fun repair!!

I enjoy watching your show. You do well at it.

Damn man how many times you gonna crank it with that knock!? We heard it the first 15 times and you have the magic of video recording so you can rewind as much as you like

BEAUTIFUL WORK! As usual!

They are all cold blooded I put a 17.5 pilot in it and it made a world of difference. Btw was that the second gear that failed ? Supposedly it's a somewhat common failure. Your video is giving me the confidence to tear into it ours. Its one of the play bikes we ride on the property and It's killing me its jacked up.

must have been low oil that has caused this.Another great vid Joe

If Vinny didn't sleep in, he would have led you directly to the issue. It's always good to get a second opinion. lol That being said, I was wrong. I was thinking timing chain or oil pump.

Fixed my ttr125 and a yz400f I got for $600 thanks to your videos man. Keep it up. Can you do a video of installing a throttle cable and adjusting it right? I’m having problems with that lol unless the bike has been having the wrong part this whole time.

I’m addicted to your videos and have been binge watching them. 😬 Did you finish this bike.

Happy Holidays Joe👍👍

I like that you upload every 2-3 days w

Great work enjoyed you stripping down and finding the problem, can't wait for the rebuild.... Andy Uk

2V your skills are crazy smart. You earn the title "THE MOTOR WHISPERER" Joe💯👏👏👍. Thanks for the 🎬 .Happy Holiday's 🎅🎄🥂✨️. Salute 2.V 😎✌️

After what ive dealt with today, nothing surprises me anymore. Never seen flywheel tack welded to crank, or one way bearing only having 10 teeth in it, only compression rings on piston.

Thanks for the content keep them coming!

Don't forget to order a new primary sprocket. Love the whodunnit videos. LOL Have a great Christmas. :)

Happened to find your channel just few days back, like the videos very much, high class guality work. Based on your experience, whats your top 4 motocross bikes for maintenance ease and reliability. Keep it up, cheers from estonia

Merry Christmas Joe, Vinnie, Chuck and Everyone. 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

I have one of these. Runs nice, reliable and easy to work on. It does leak gas thru the overflow. I've seen others like it also do it.

Merry Christmas Joe and family, and to everyone who reads this! Around the 22:15 mark it sounds like a baby crying?

Wonderfully channel, I'm making my son watch this so he learns how to maintain his mx bike I'm going to buy him.

I respect your humility and acknowledging your failures and how you are learning as you go. I realize there are too many comments for you to spend your time reading them all, but the ones that are upvoted/liked might be worth a look, so you can learn from the mistakes and knowledge of your viewers, as well. Merry Christmas!

Hey joe Merry Christmas. Love when you work on motorcycles.

I see those gloves a lot. I like them. You must buy them in huge quantities !

Always up for some bonus footage. 👍

Why do I have a feeling the owner is the type of guy that runs the oil out of a motor and then blames the engine for failing

Perfect. Nice one. What is your camera? It's nice and sharp.

The chain fell off, but was still on the front sprocket, but was lodged somewhere on the frame and the engine was still running and in gear. That is what caused a gear to sheer. The repetitive starting and riding caused further damage

The air filter on the quad is pretty nasty. I keep seeing that and wondering if you're going to change that out. Interesting problem on the TTR. Maybe the transmission just got jarred enough when the bike dumped over that something bound up for a moment. Very strange, but this is one of those cases of "while you're in there..." Good video, sir. Look forward to seeing the bike go back together. Your channel sure is growing! Your garage inventory is as well! You need to sell off some of those bikes! Take care!

Great Video, THANKS!!!

It is my experience that out of all the Yamaha bikes the TTRs seem to have the most issues. When I was younger I had a ttr125 and a ttr230, and I had a very young cousin who had a ttr50. They all had some sort of issues. As a Yamah guy I've never cared for the ttrs too much, I much prefer the YZ line

@owend_8

6 ай бұрын

nah u must have duds cause ive got a 2012 ttr110 thats completely stock with no engine rebuild and stock tires. that bike starts first kick no matter the weather!

Sounds like when he dropped the bike with the chain loose maybe under high throttle something caught the chain and sheared gears? That was my initial guess before he even opened the block.

May want to replace that quads relay to prevent the wiring from being melted by being bypassed. Just a thought though. Best of luck.😊

Nice yamaha Joe, clean. Does hard shifting cause that kind of damage?

These yamaha 125 engine are hard to kill. My friend had one, it was abused like rental, but it never gave up. Idk what your friend did, but it must've been one helluva abuse.

The chain came off under load and then probably jammed up between the counter-shaft sprocket and the engine case or between the sprocket and swing-arm: the torque was then applied straight through the gears.

Awesome videos brother! Ps please get yourself a bike lift for Christmas 😂

Well done👍🏼

I wonder if it was metal fatigue that caused the gears to fail from repeated strain. When the chain gave way, it triggered the failure. Otherwise, it's a really clean bike, and looks to have been well cared for.

One of my favorites channels on KZread 👍🏻🇬🇧

How on earth do ya keep up with all the gears,washers screws bolts nuts geez i'll never know..Good work man..

Thats what happens when chain pops at high speed. Seen it before. At least they're not all ground off.

If when that chain came off it jammed on the case or rear sprcket, even for a brief second it would lock the trans and the crankshafts rotational momentum would shear gear teeth off very quickly. 😕 Edit: forgot the O in sprocket, ooops.

@davidwickboldt712

6 ай бұрын

That sounds like a "been there done that" statement. Best idea of what happened though.

@bradley7723

6 ай бұрын

@@davidwickboldt712 except it was my clutch basket that had dental work done to the teeth. 😕

Maybe one day you could build a big bore piston with hiperfornance cam shaft project bike . That xl 500 would make for a good 540 motor

the 4 wheeler problem --> always learning until we die man, don't be frustrated. many times we look for a difficult issue and don't see that's in front of us.

Well, got flywheel off, nightmare, figured out that a lot of the chunk I found in bottom were teeth from one way bearing, only had like maybe 10 left in it, some how it worked. Fun, had to share that..

I had a yamaha rt 1 360 enduro that had the chain come off and broke a couple of gears.I put new bearings in and replace the broke gears and it ran great.That was a fun vintage bike but crappy rear suspension.Back in the day that bike cost me $110.00

Continuing to attempt to run a machine with obvious internal contact is the worst kind of mechanical error.

@joshgolab6431

6 ай бұрын

Right. I literally heard it lock up. Was cringing every time he would start it up like we didn’t hear it the first time.

@kennethbutler7652

6 ай бұрын

I came to say the same thing I hope his customers aren’t paying what a dummy.

@nickneeley8798

6 ай бұрын

That was my first thought too. We can hear it once was enough SMH 😢

@bananabrooks3836

6 ай бұрын

DITTO

@jerrywilcox9890

6 ай бұрын

​@joshgolab6431 who cares is it yours.

For others that have this ttr, and it is a little cold blooded ... up the pilot jet one size, and it will still be a little cold blooded, but not as bad.

I think over hardening of the gearbox gears . This has caused brittleness of the teeth which resulted in teeth stripping when chain came off.

The counter balance can be a pain too. Power dropping with no clutch when its freezing cold out gear teeth smash.

Strippeed bare. Love it!

hi Again what is the impact driver you use for your strip downs..........brilliant vids as alaways

Ttr125’s always leak gas. Early models do not have a spec for the floats and when improperly adjusted, they flood the bowl and run out the overflow. Horrible carbs to tune also.

I’d say the chain poped and it got reved without him noticing and stripped gears when chain got in a bind it was still in gear reving up

@erickoppa7614

6 ай бұрын

@dakotaowings8028 That's exactly what happened.

@dakotaowings8028

5 ай бұрын

@@erickoppa7614 I kinda figured I seen my buddy do that with his atv chain poped while riding it and didn’t notice and reved it up and broke the transmission gears shredded all the teeth on the gear

@erickoppa7614

5 ай бұрын

It was a sad day. I learned not to lean the bike on the chain side if I want to swing the bike around under revs. The chain was a little loose too and I didn't address that earlier like I should have. Expensive lessons.

@dakotaowings8028

5 ай бұрын

It happens lol do you own the bike or see the video and have the same thing happen to you if you don’t mind me asking

@erickoppa7614

5 ай бұрын

@dakotaowings8028 that is my bike and I'm grateful to have it brought back to life by Joe.

I think that's the one thing I dislike about bikes as such.. you have to tear the ENTIRE engine apart to get to the transmission.. that's brutal.. splitting the case to find .. well I'm 42:00 in you just pulled the oil pump out, but man.. that's a LOT of work to find something that could be silly in the transmission.. However- I love watching you do it Joe, you're an artist with these things, a magician if I may.. Merry Christmas brother, have a great holiday season with the wife and dogs!!! edit: oh WOW 1 minute later and holy smokes!! What carnage!!! Awesome catastrophe wowsers!!! I'm surprised, it really does NOT look like there's a ton of hours on that bike.. I realize the chain came off, and catastrophes happened when chains come off, I know for a fact.. but man.. jeez oh man that really sucks.. Even the ring gap, being what it is.. yeah it's there but man I've seen running bikes with way WAY more worn rings. Seriously looks like he took GREAT care of that bike. What a shame, but if anyone's the man to fix that thing, it's you!!

Inertia is my uneducated guess. Engines spinning high, throws the chain and chain fetches hard. All the force from revving 6-7k to an immediate stop cracked the hardened gears.

valvetrain then trans would be the first things id check for sure on a sound like that. Theyre the weak links of maintenance and things that take the most abuse so makes sense. Dropping bike on the shifter while in 1st will do that

It was probably in gear when you started it those stripped gears making the noise and causing it to stall.Did you pull in the clutch when it was running to see if the noise stops.

These are strong bikes I had a 2001 ttr 125 no eletric start no big wheel my friend also had a 2003 ttr 125l so it was the big wheel no eletric start tho but we would have fun on those once my freind was trying to do a buronout on his and he let go of front break went flying like 10 feet in the air and the back fender had a crack on it it was funny. We loved those bikes they are so strong and very cheap

Hey, did you take the head and cylinder.off before the engine because its easier so you dont have to hold the engine in a vise or something?

So how would you remove the crank from the other case if it only goes one way?

Herr commandant, ze transmission ist kaput! 👍🏻 BTW that front sprocket a bit hooked & fooked.

@thegrinch7989

5 ай бұрын

I'm starting to think that no one in Wisconsin ever replaces the front sprocket

Big bore kits may not be available on the Internet but desperate people could find a local machinist willing to use machinery on small bore cylinders ive heard people say the Yamaha ttr's are gutless but amazingly reliable ive also heard good things about the new crf 230f i use to have a 150f and i put that machine through abuse every single day

This is my take on them trans gears braking. Chain came off dump the bike on the left side where the shift lever is engine revved up transmission shifted without the clutch disengaged and them gear teeth broke. Does this sound about right?

@billhenry7833

2 ай бұрын

No

The shaft from clutch to inner gear box is shot. Maybe a stripped gear or two. Split the cases

The reason I ask is , I've watched several of your videos and well.

Dang lol I wouldn even try to start that . I’ve done plenty work on bike an quad engines just tear it down an youl find the prob easy instead of just running it makin it worse

How far do you travel? I have a quad that is in need of some repairs.

Watching you trying to start this bike, knowing it's damaged, makes me shudder.

When the chain broke it probably got caught it the drive sprocket cause an immediate stop snapping the teeth