Hi All
My 2003 FE501e has had a slight shift prob nearly since new. when in 3rd and downshifting, sometimes it drops straight into neutral. tho not a big worry, it has made me crash once when compression sliding in to a corner, hit neutral, and then over shoot corner into a log.
The problem is that twice on weekend it got stuck in 3rd gear. when it finally would change, it seemed a bit clunky thru gears 1-2-3 and ok in gears 4-5-6. it seems like worsening of the same problem.
when it gets stuck, there is no springyness in the shift lever, it is sort of stuck solid, til i ride around a bit and continually try shifting up and down until it will shift up for 4th, and then come back down.
i read on the site about the lever spring, and the selector claw possibly giving trouble.
any ideas??????dropped oil and it's clean.
thanks for help.
Have Fun
Jeff
My 2003 FE501e has had a slight shift prob nearly since new. when in 3rd and downshifting, sometimes it drops straight into neutral. tho not a big worry, it has made me crash once when compression sliding in to a corner, hit neutral, and then over shoot corner into a log.
The problem is that twice on weekend it got stuck in 3rd gear. when it finally would change, it seemed a bit clunky thru gears 1-2-3 and ok in gears 4-5-6. it seems like worsening of the same problem.
when it gets stuck, there is no springyness in the shift lever, it is sort of stuck solid, til i ride around a bit and continually try shifting up and down until it will shift up for 4th, and then come back down.
i read on the site about the lever spring, and the selector claw possibly giving trouble.
any ideas??????dropped oil and it's clean.
thanks for help.
Have Fun
Jeff
