shifter paw
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mcgroom
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Originally Posted by dogvet
Can the bike shift when it isn't running?
IF you raise the shifter does it return to it's normal position or does it flop?
If it flops your shifter pawl spring could be broke...it happens!
You have to be able to get the bike into third gear to do this adjustment.
Put the bike in third gear and disconnect the shift rod from the lever on the tranny.
Move the lever fore and aft and you should feel equal movement and spring tension going either way (you may feel a bit of freeplay before feeling any spring pressure but it should feel the same both ways).
Just forward and below of the shift arm you'll seen a nut with a threaded shaft sticking out of it. This is the shifter pawl adjuster. It has an allen head on it so you'll need an allen wrench (may have to shorten it a bit if clearance is a problem...I don't remember off the top of my head what size it is I'm thinking 1/4" but could be wrong)
loosen the nut and rotate the adjuster either way until the adjsutment feels the same both waysYou shouldn't have to go more than about 1/2 a turn either way. when all feels good, tighten the nut and reattach the shift rod.
Can the bike shift when it isn't running?
IF you raise the shifter does it return to it's normal position or does it flop?
If it flops your shifter pawl spring could be broke...it happens!
You have to be able to get the bike into third gear to do this adjustment.
Put the bike in third gear and disconnect the shift rod from the lever on the tranny.
Move the lever fore and aft and you should feel equal movement and spring tension going either way (you may feel a bit of freeplay before feeling any spring pressure but it should feel the same both ways).
Just forward and below of the shift arm you'll seen a nut with a threaded shaft sticking out of it. This is the shifter pawl adjuster. It has an allen head on it so you'll need an allen wrench (may have to shorten it a bit if clearance is a problem...I don't remember off the top of my head what size it is I'm thinking 1/4" but could be wrong)
loosen the nut and rotate the adjuster either way until the adjsutment feels the same both waysYou shouldn't have to go more than about 1/2 a turn either way. when all feels good, tighten the nut and reattach the shift rod.
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