That's the thing... most people won't tear down the cases to pull the shaft. This is quick and dirty but also prevents further wear. The longer is stays floppy the worse it will be and then you get to the point where people just weld the thing in-place.
Thank you for the video and there’s something else I would like to ad on most motorcycles,atv and 3 wheelers you can drill the bolt hole out and use a grade 8 1/4in bolt and get it really tight.
Nice 1 I'll be doing thus I'm.just taking my engine out for header bolt issues so once I put her back together I'll be doing mine likely before it goes back in cheers great video
AimlessMoto oh, I didn't get a project yet, but have been wanting one for some time now. First things first...trying to get my attached carport framed in, so I have a garage! ✌🏼😁
AimlessMoto my first "real" bike was a 1981 Suzuki GS450T, though, that I did a little work to myself. Been kinda wanting a GS750 or 1000 since, for a café racer project.
D. FRESH. 750 my bad, read that wrong... having a garage makes all the difference. I had a GS750 as my first project. Loved everything about it but the carbs. Such a pain to balance and tune. Once it was running right it was awesome.
I put a NOS shifter on my 1988 KZ1000-P and it didn't fix the problem for me. Tightening it down a lot more did work, but it only lasted about 3000 miles. Now I've wrapped the shaft in aluminum foil and put the shifter back on. Then I used an oversized bolt and put a nut on the other end of it when it poked out from the other side. It's a lot tighter and doesn't wobble. I'm not sure how well it'll last and haven't taken it for a test ride yet. For me, the problem is more the shifter rotating on the wrong axis. I'll be test riding tomorrow, because the fix was done just after sundown and nobody's open right now for me to buy new bolts, and all my spares got stripped while I was trying to figure out how to make it nice and tight. The last one was the over sized bolt that I put a nut on.
on my '83 SR 500 it dropped loose the other nite drivn home - but with great skill and attention whilst driving i managed to get bike 20 km to home - sitting on fuel tank at some stages to change gear :) thanks for the vid - i need to acquire a new lever and hopefully not shaft also Point to note: should you install alen head key with head up - lest it were to loosen and fall away.
A head key/woodruff, or even a drilled spot to punch a dowel in works if the parts are unable to be sourced. Anything you can do to NOT have to weld the thing on is the best fix.
Mine is really low and loose at the moment I have to have my foot at such an angle to be able to shift up so annoying, hope this is as easy as it looks lol new to this shit.
the problem i have is changing gears is fine except going from 2nd to first, the gear shifter doesnt bounce back it stays down so i cant kick it into first. can anyone help with this?
Crap I can't remember what I did to get it off. I think I might have used some leverage, well I know I tried that, just can't recall if that's what worked. It was very difficult.
It takes a lot more work to select gears now on my 2003 Kawasaki. It's not the lever and spline...I think it must be the selector thing inside? It used to be a tiny click to change, now it feels like i am picking up a chair with foot! Any clues?
@@AimlessMoto thanks...but the only dog I know goes, bark, bark. I have seen a star shaped ratchet-like wheel with a claw that slides over the points and into the recesses as it gets rotated in notches by the lever in tear down videos of others bikes on RU-vid. Is this what they call the selector? I’ve only done 35,000 miles on the bike, it’s always been regularly oiled changed, never missed a beat and of course leaks no oil. It sounds strange that the actual gears would be worn...though to be honest, I don’t have a clue. I do notice the clutch mechanism, doesn’t feel as tight and clean as it once was...(it’s cable only)
Does it click into gear? Sometimes the dog on the end of the shift shaft can get worn out or even bend if someone stomped on the shifter at one point... you may have to pop the cases and pull the shaft out to really inspect the issue...
@@AimlessMoto the shifts themselves are ok but for example when i downshift the shift lever literally points to the ground and if i am not careful when upshifting it goes up two gears instead of one. I will probably take it apart soon to see whats wrong. Thanks for the help.
This is something only good manufacturers think about, making the leaver from a softer material so you don't need to change the whole fucking gearbox to fix the issue
