Gear Selector Not Engaging
Gear Selector Not Engaging
Last night my gear select decided changing gears is too much work and took a trial separation. I tapped down into first, found neutral instead, tapped it into first and the lever dropped. I can shift the bike by actuating the shift links by hand, but the input lever itself is hanging free and I can't find neutral. Thoughts?
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 3,580
Likes: 215
From: Illinois
Check and see if the pinch bolt came out/backed out from the shifter arm and if the splines might be stripped. If you can shift the gears by hand when you love the linkage then it has to be something wrong after the linkage connection.
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 10,907
Likes: 8,758
From: Galt's Gulch - MI
Forwards or mids? What are you grabbing when you say you can shift by hand? Off hand I'd say the foot shift lever is loose on the shift shaft splines...
Edit: This is the parts 'fish at Ronnies; you can see how the shift linkage assembly goes together
Edit: This is the parts 'fish at Ronnies; you can see how the shift linkage assembly goes together
Last edited by TinCupChalice; Jun 24, 2016 at 09:54 AM.
Yeah, hand shifting the linkage works (never thought I'd need a suicide shift for emergencies!) so I hope you're right. Is there an easy way to check or am I basically trying to look behind the primary? Mid controls FYI
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 4,440
Likes: 148
From: Northwest
When you engage the shift by using the linkage bar, does the shaft rotate in you shift lever? You have two points for pinch bolts/splines: one on your shift lever and another on the lever on the tranny. Since you state you can shift with linkage, that leaves on point - the toe shift lever pinch bolt/shaft spline, which you should be able to get to on the outside of your primary.
Either that or you've broken the midshaft somehow.
Either that or you've broken the midshaft somehow.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Next In Line
Primary/Transmission/Driveline/Clutch
1
Apr 7, 2015 04:51 PM
vince.rogers@walgreens.com
Primary/Transmission/Driveline/Clutch
1
Jan 15, 2012 09:37 AM
