feedmelies Posted January 1, 2007 Report Posted January 1, 2007 Okay, I was riding out in Stoddard Wells today and enjoying every minute of it when all of a sudden shifting became very difficult. I could stomp on the shifter and the transmission wouldn Quote
chevy7398 Posted January 1, 2007 Report Posted January 1, 2007 Okay, I was riding out in Stoddard Wells today and enjoying every minute of it when all of a sudden shifting became very difficult. I could stomp on the shifter and the transmission wouldn Quote
BigRed350x Posted January 1, 2007 Report Posted January 1, 2007 Before you go thinking its internal, just pull your clutch cover and remove your clutch. Maybe something cot out of whack on your shift star or the shifter adjustment is wore out or broke off. Pull the clutch cover and check stuff out. Quote
BenBB Posted January 2, 2007 Report Posted January 2, 2007 I agree, pull the clutch cover and check the shift linkage; the claws may not be engaging the shift star. The leak may be unrelated-you could have just blown the countershaft seal... Quote
feedmelies Posted February 12, 2007 Author Report Posted February 12, 2007 For some closure: I finally sacked up and finished working on my bike. I found out what the problem was. For some reason I was slamming on the shifter hard enough for it to snap the shift adjustment screw that screws into the block on the clutch side. So I replaced that and the seal where oil was leaking out of on the stator side. I also fixed a few other things that I found while I was at it. Just a minute ago a ran it up and down the street a few times and everything worked well. I think I may be going out to Glamis next weekend... Quote
ojcool Posted February 13, 2007 Report Posted February 13, 2007 I agree, pull the clutch cover and check the shift linkage; the claws may not be engaging the shift star. The leak may be unrelated-you could have just blown the countershaft seal... Word on that. The shift claws prob broke. I did it once. Its just made out of pressed steel and mine just broke right off. Bike was only 1 year old too. The oil is a concern though cause I did not have that problem. Did you check the shift level itself (the part you put your foot on), cause it's clamp holds the rod in position. If it got loose and slid toward the rider side of the bike the other end of the rod linkage could have moved away from the shift star or other problems. Next step: Take off the clutch cover remove clutch and you can see the linkage system where it interfaces with the shift star. You will know real quick if metal parts come falling out, look for little pieces and find everything that is missing cause there is a hole that lets oil go back into the transmission in there and if anything made it's way into the trans your going to have to split the cases to get it out. Sucks, but don't cut corners you have to find every part or your risking trans/seal problems down the road, or worse, total trans trainwreck. Best of luck. BTW the whole shift rod assembly is sold as one piece, the claws are welded on so you can't just replace the claw part (this is what most likely failed). Ebay used parts is the hit for this. I think I paid $25 or something for mine. Quote
ojcool Posted February 13, 2007 Report Posted February 13, 2007 For some closure: I finally sacked up and finished working on my bike. I found out what the problem was. For some reason I was slamming on the shifter hard enough for it to snap the shift adjustment screw that screws into the block on the clutch side. So I replaced that and the seal where oil was leaking out of on the stator side. I also fixed a few other things that I found while I was at it. Just a minute ago a ran it up and down the street a few times and everything worked well. I think I may be going out to Glamis next weekend... Oh, nevermind. You got lucky. Quote
ojcool Posted February 13, 2007 Report Posted February 13, 2007 For some closure: I finally sacked up and finished working on my bike. I found out what the problem was. For some reason I was slamming on the shifter hard enough for it to snap the shift adjustment screw that screws into the block on the clutch side. So I replaced that and the seal where oil was leaking out of on the stator side. I also fixed a few other things that I found while I was at it. Just a minute ago a ran it up and down the street a few times and everything worked well. I think I may be going out to Glamis next weekend... Oh, nevermind. You got lucky. Quote
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