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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 01:39 PM
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Default Help with not shift in 1st gear

any one have a clue as to why a super glide won't shift in 1st gear? Gears all have been out and put back in by a non-noob and doesn't look like shifter fork is bent. It will shift by hand but can't get back into first.

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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 04:18 PM
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Is this a cow pie trany or a ratchet lid
 
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 01:51 PM
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Is it in the bike yet?
Is it full of lube? Dry from assembly it might not shift. Should shift easily out of the bike if full and set up correctly.
 
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