Detent Spring

[spb2002]

Afternoon gents, I suspect that i have the Detent spring issue, but before opening her up i thought it worth getting a second opinion.

Basically, i can ride the bike fine - it doesn't pop out of any gears when riding (although admittedly i've only done a few local miles on her since this occurred) but when i stop, she wont shift up the gearbox from 1st gear, like its locked into that one gear. when i turn the bike off, THEN it'll let me change gear again (neutral very hard to find though). Does this sound like the Detent Spring has failed? i tried adjusting the clutch cable but that made no difference.

Any help/ thoughts would be welcome.

 

[Kevin frazier]

It sounds like its out of adjustment, detent spring would be falling out of gear, the adjustment range is small and must be close to 2 to 3 mm to find neutral smoothly, I would suggest looking at the adjustment again. If you could take a picture pulling cable away from adjusting knurl at top by lever we would know seeing the gap created by you pulling cable sheath away from that knurl adjuster.

 

[spb2002]

Thanks for replying Kevin. I'll take another look this weekend, adjust it as per your photos, and let you know how I get on. Its just strange that its gone from being perfect, to all of a sudden not changing gear when stationary and engine on.

 

[Kevin frazier]

A penny and a dime together should fit in that gap with light friction

 

[Mongler07]

A penny and a dime together should fit in that gap with light friction

Can you put that into real numbers in thousandths... my feeler gauges and micrometer does not operate in freedom currency.

 

[R-III-R Turbo]

Freedom currency

+1 it sounds like clutch cable out of adjustment. Perhaps the locknut on the adjuster has vibrated loose or something

 

[spb2002]

Thanks for your advice, and the photos above. I've adjusted my clutch cable now, and i'll take her for a spin tonight and see if this has made a difference. I'll let you know. Judging by how much my adjustment is out, it looks like the cable may have stretched some?

 

[spb2002]

Bit of a late reply, but havent had the bike out for a bit.

UPDATE: I decided to replace my Clutch cable, as it looked a bit chewed up at the end anyway. So swapped for a new one, and set it up with minimum clearance, and ... touch wood... has been a lot better! Thanks for the help and advice guys!