Post by Cronos on Nov 19, 2019 16:43:01 GMT 2
Hay Guys,
Well I encountered my first DCT Issue on Ruin. Beginning September when Ruin is nice and hot, while riding she got stuck in 3rd gear. When she cools off, everything works fine. Rode her for a few more days and she got stuck in 3rd gear twice more. I then decided to take her to Honda West Rand. On the morning that I rode there she got stuck in 3rd again as I stopped there and I could not get her to go back to Neutral.
After running some tests and hooking her up to the Computer, it was found that she had a faulty Gear sensor sensor. That's all the computer could pick up. Had to wait 3 weeks for them to get it from Japan.
The sensor arrives and they put it in for me, saying the bike is fixed. I collected her and honestly, she felt great. Rode her for 2 days, just home and work, no issues. On day 3 I had a lot of stop go traffic while riding, so Ruin became nice and hot. On the last stretch home, BAM, She got stuck in 4th I took her straight back the following morning. Honda then kept her for 5 days and called me back saying that the computer keeps telling them that its the sensor. The mechanic however then tells me that its my chain and sprockets. **It is a new chain and sprockets, not even a year old yet**
He swears that it will solve the problem, so I agree, replace the chain and sprockets. Next day I fetch her again. The mechanic assures me she is 100% fixed and he is confident that the chain was the issue, messing with the sensor. (Don't know how that can be possible that the chain can mess with a sensor on the clutch, but hay, he is the mechanic)
Jump on my bike and I am very happy to have her back. I ride home, Ruin my baby is back and all is well with the world. Just up the road from my house - You guessed it - BAM we stuck in 5th gear this time. Manage to get her to release the 5th gear back down to Neutral and I could ride home the last few meters, but as I turned into my driveway we were stuck in 2nd until the next morning (IT WAS NOT THE CHAIN AND SPROCKETS)
Took her back to Honda the next morning and Samantha could not believe that I was back. My NC has now been there for 3 weeks and they still have no idea what can be wrong. They are now building the entire clutch over from another NC into mine in the hopes that that will solve the problem. Because I have paid for the sensor and the chain & sprockets, all this work that has been done for the past 3 weeks, are free of charge.
Has anyone had any similar issues before on the DCT?
Here I agree with Hondafan - The DCT is awesome and I love it to bits, but man if something goes wrong, it really goes wrong and not even Honda knows how to solve some issues. They are doctors at the moment and they are practicing on our bikes, learning as they going along.
I will update this post once I get Ruin Back.
C
Well I encountered my first DCT Issue on Ruin. Beginning September when Ruin is nice and hot, while riding she got stuck in 3rd gear. When she cools off, everything works fine. Rode her for a few more days and she got stuck in 3rd gear twice more. I then decided to take her to Honda West Rand. On the morning that I rode there she got stuck in 3rd again as I stopped there and I could not get her to go back to Neutral.
After running some tests and hooking her up to the Computer, it was found that she had a faulty Gear sensor sensor. That's all the computer could pick up. Had to wait 3 weeks for them to get it from Japan.
The sensor arrives and they put it in for me, saying the bike is fixed. I collected her and honestly, she felt great. Rode her for 2 days, just home and work, no issues. On day 3 I had a lot of stop go traffic while riding, so Ruin became nice and hot. On the last stretch home, BAM, She got stuck in 4th I took her straight back the following morning. Honda then kept her for 5 days and called me back saying that the computer keeps telling them that its the sensor. The mechanic however then tells me that its my chain and sprockets. **It is a new chain and sprockets, not even a year old yet**
He swears that it will solve the problem, so I agree, replace the chain and sprockets. Next day I fetch her again. The mechanic assures me she is 100% fixed and he is confident that the chain was the issue, messing with the sensor. (Don't know how that can be possible that the chain can mess with a sensor on the clutch, but hay, he is the mechanic)
Jump on my bike and I am very happy to have her back. I ride home, Ruin my baby is back and all is well with the world. Just up the road from my house - You guessed it - BAM we stuck in 5th gear this time. Manage to get her to release the 5th gear back down to Neutral and I could ride home the last few meters, but as I turned into my driveway we were stuck in 2nd until the next morning (IT WAS NOT THE CHAIN AND SPROCKETS)
Took her back to Honda the next morning and Samantha could not believe that I was back. My NC has now been there for 3 weeks and they still have no idea what can be wrong. They are now building the entire clutch over from another NC into mine in the hopes that that will solve the problem. Because I have paid for the sensor and the chain & sprockets, all this work that has been done for the past 3 weeks, are free of charge.
Has anyone had any similar issues before on the DCT?
Here I agree with Hondafan - The DCT is awesome and I love it to bits, but man if something goes wrong, it really goes wrong and not even Honda knows how to solve some issues. They are doctors at the moment and they are practicing on our bikes, learning as they going along.
I will update this post once I get Ruin Back.
C