OVERRIDE PROBLEM

[crazycanuck]

Hey guys i just got back from riding my 421 with 1-5 override. Out of the blue its shifting HARD under load going IN and OUT of second gear. shifts like butter in 3,4,5..... did I damage second gear??? or bend a shift fork??... Im going to rip into it this weekend. Just wanted to see if anyone had any predictions.......

[methyman]

You might have bent the shaft which I have seen often with allot of power, it might be a bent fork also. Good luck and let us know what happened.

[AKheathen]

yah, if it's sudden, i'd suspect the fork/shaft, but gearshaft wear can make it hard.... if you find nothing, pull the gear off and check it out.

[crazycanuck]

yah, if it's sudden, i'd suspect the fork/shaft, but gearshaft wear can make it hard.... if you find nothing, pull the gear off and check it out.

 

so if it's the shaft, do u think it was because of the way i was riding it??

[AKheathen]

so if it's the shaft, do u think it was because of the way i was riding it??

maybe. what were you doing before it happened? allot of pressure on the shifter? backloading?

[crazycanuck]

maybe. what were you doing before it happened? allot of pressure on the shifter? backloading?

 

well its my first override so i was bein super careful, I dont thnk it got back loaded.

 

when i was getting the gearing figured out, I dropped the clutch a few times and it grabbed a ton of traction and bogged bag off the line.... causing me to pull in the clutch. donno if that would do anything or not

[methyman]

I seen shaft twist just slightly that it will make it hard to go into that gear. You could barely tell it was twisted until I took the gears off the shaft and it was bad. Sometimes the chain being to tight cab cause the shaft to twist. I run a bearing support on my motors with over rides just in case so there is no side load from the chain.