• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

shifting problems

  • Thread starter Thread starter adam kinmond
  • Start date Start date
A

adam kinmond

Guest
I have a hard time shifting into 3rd gear sometimes (75% of the time). to get it into 3rd gear i have to use my heel and kick it into 3rd. going into 5th is also difficult but not as bad. dowmshifting from 6th into 5th takes two times pushing down on the lever to downshift.
I have read that this might be a clutch adjustment problem? my shift linkage is sloppy, would this cause this problem? i am hoping this problem is something other than internal wear on the shift forks. let me know what to do here. thanks
 
A lot of us never use the clutch to shift, it's probably not a clutch issue. Maybe a shifter return spring thing? Something to do with the shift drum? Maybe a fork, dunno. Shift linkage might have something to do with it, it's an easy place to start.
 
Make sure your shift lever is lined up correctly where it attaches to the spindle. And yea, go through the clutch adjustment process thoroughly.
 
Usally you don't see too many issues with bent shift forks in your higher gear ranges. Most of the time they are lower gears, 1 n 2 as shifting from 1 to 2 can get in "n" at times and then people panic shift to 2nd and force the issue.

I would first check what Kent mentioned about the shifter return sping, see if the shift arm returns to normal after shifting. I have seen a few times where the seal is hard and dirty, not allowing the shifter to "reset".
 
as it turned out that the sloppy gearshifter linkage was the problem. the pressed in posts were loose, so i took off the shifter and linkage hammered the back of the posts and re-installed and the shifting if now perfect.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top