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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2538 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: Foot gear shift went completely slack Reply #15 - 09/13/08 at 17:14:42 That nuts on each end, I believe, are lock nuts. You need to loosen those before the rod will come out of the shifter ends. Remember that one is left hand threaded! (no, I don't know which end)
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Foot gear shift went completely slack Reply #16 - 09/13/08 at 17:25:28 Those nut you see are lock nuts. I would think that one side is left hand thread, but don't know for sure. Take a good look at the threads.
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Wagslick YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 25	Re: Foot gear shift went completely slack Reply #17 - 09/15/08 at 13:37:27 Thanks for the help. Got the shifting rod back into place.
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Re: Foot gear shift went completely slack
Reply #18 - 09/26/08 at 07:24:11

yeah, I just had the same exact problem... I let a buddy ride my bike and he wrecked into a curb which slammed the gear shift, and bent the rod to hell...
I removed it by taking off the balljoint's connection to the gearbox, and then removing the rod by loosening the lock nut on both sides... it took me a few minutes to realize that the pitch of the screw connection to the gear shift is reverse... Once I got the rod off I just bent it back straight... I just ordered a new one and I'm waiting for it to replace... First gear still feels a little spongy and I hope it's not something wrong inside the gearbox...
From the wreck, he also broke the rear right taillight and bent the uppercasing of the right rear shock... so I a bunch of repairs to do...

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Re: Foot gear shift went completely slack
Reply #19 - 09/26/08 at 19:04:39

UCFS40RIDER wrote on 09/26/08 at 07:24:11:

yeah, I just had the same exact problem... I let a buddy ride my bike and he wrecked into a curb which slammed the gear shift, and bent the rod to hell...
I removed it by taking off the balljoint's connection to the gearbox, and then removing the rod by loosening the lock nut on both sides... it took me a few minutes to realize that the pitch of the screw connection to the gear shift is reverse... Once I got the rod off I just bent it back straight... I just ordered a new one and I'm waiting for it to replace... First gear still feels a little spongy and I hope it's not something wrong inside the gearbox...
From the wreck, he also broke the rear right taillight and bent the uppercasing of the right rear shock... so I a bunch of repairs to do...

1st gear spongy... I vaguely remember reading somewhere here that that is a adjustment of rod. Try taking the foot pedal placement a little each way and see if one way helps.

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