Won't shift into neutral...
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A cable tie works well if you don't have a helper. It's mainly for the bike's sake. Several of us have experienced the sickening crash of a bike going down in the shed. I've dropped a bike more times in a shed than I have on the road. Maybe there should be a breathalyser in the workshop??
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I'm guessing that it had something to do with the linkage, link shaft, or something down there that I was fiddling with. Just to be sure i'm going to clean it/lube it all up real good again before taking her out... just doesn't make sense!
While doing the clutch drag test i noticed that the chain was making a heap of noise... seemed unusually loud, almost like it was running up on the front sprocket in higher revs. Tightened up the chain a bit for now but it looks like in the market for a new chain, and I've got to take off the cover to inspect the front sprocket to double check that... one thing after another!
Thanks for the help!
Cheers, amac
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No kidding!! Mine's been down a couple times in the garahe... she has a sickening dent on the tank where she fell into the headers of one of my assembled mustang engines... makes me angry every time I look at it...!!
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AND the she passed the drag test ? ,
wonder who said that ???.
***** ..
Too'ooo many guy's go assuming the bloody worst before doing the most basic tests ....
Well done!! ... glad it was a simple shifter issue and that you did not dis assemble the entire BLOODY bike to find the prob !! ....
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You're so good mate that you fixed it without even knowing it (that'd be my story anyway!)
Good that it's working now...My next suggestion was going to be bent selector forks...nobody wants to hear that!!
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Just ran into a similar problem on my 1990 - went to take it out after a week or so of
sitting ..........started doing the same chit ..........acting like it was stuck in gear
Turns out the gear shift bolt - the one that floats the lever had worked loose and started jamming things up........ must have been that way for a while ---- loose that
is as it's bit worn ........have a new one and washers coming ..........
I want to set the new bolt with just enough "play" for the shifter lever to float nice and easy and prevent the shifter lever from binding again
Anyone got recommendations on a heavy duty thread locker to set the gear shifter
lever bolt ?
sitting ..........started doing the same chit ..........acting like it was stuck in gear
Turns out the gear shift bolt - the one that floats the lever had worked loose and started jamming things up........ must have been that way for a while ---- loose that
is as it's bit worn ........have a new one and washers coming ..........
I want to set the new bolt with just enough "play" for the shifter lever to float nice and easy and prevent the shifter lever from binding again
Anyone got recommendations on a heavy duty thread locker to set the gear shifter
lever bolt ?
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Hey , that's great that you did not dis assemble the entire bike!!! , nor change every fluid know to man ..!!!! lolol (not that I did mention not doing any of that first ) ???? lol
Having repeated myself yet again .... lol ....Mark , you can try putting liquid steel or similar on the bastard , but mate , no matter what you do , kicking the chit out of it to change gear day in day out will loosen it eventually, even using everything " known to man " on the bugger (again ..lol)
The best way to reduce the chance of it getting too loose , is to just make sure the lever is not worn on it's spline too bad? and keep the bastard tight with regular look see's mate ....! ...(maintenance)
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Having repeated myself yet again .... lol ....Mark , you can try putting liquid steel or similar on the bastard , but mate , no matter what you do , kicking the chit out of it to change gear day in day out will loosen it eventually, even using everything " known to man " on the bugger (again ..lol)
The best way to reduce the chance of it getting too loose , is to just make sure the lever is not worn on it's spline too bad? and keep the bastard tight with regular look see's mate ....! ...(maintenance)
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Last edited by CBRclassic; 08-18-2011 at 04:46 AM.
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