transmission shifting

Hey everyone, I am rebuilding a 1991 R100 RT transmission myself this winter and wanted to enlist the help of the form. With 89k miles it developed a skip in first gear. Within 200 miles from the first occurrence that skip deteriorated into the eventual loss of use of first gear entirely. When...

Hi all, My new to me, well-serviced GS with 68k has just started doing something strange. The tranny seems to go "solid" and locking up in random gears, particularly on upshifts. The only thing I can think of is that my new boots may have been "over-preloading" (it seems they prefer some...

2004 R1150RT / 40K miles. Experiencing shifting issues I returned last night from a 450 trip over the weekend. While shifting from 5th to 6th gear, I could not get it to shift. I tried it again and it worked. I am now experiencing intermittent trouble shifting down through all gears, although...