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Bend in shifter rod?
08/21/11 at 00:58:59

Is the shifter rod that runs between the shift lever assembly and the shifter arm supposed to have a bend in it?

I tried to adjust the shift lever assembly today to better allow for boot clearance and noticed a bend in the rod. Also, I completely screwed up the adjustment and now it's shifting all wrong. So yeah, if you have any advice there, I'd love to hear it, too.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Bend in shifter rod? Reply #1 - 08/21/11 at 05:10:59 Those rods do bend,, IDK how, but its been done before,,& no,, its not supposed to be bent, so, when you straighten it, the shifter will go up. I guess someone stomped it into first,, cuz they didnt understand how a transmission works. Get that straight, then we'll worry about the adjustment
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Re: Bend in shifter rod?
Reply #2 - 08/21/11 at 07:05:07

You couldn't of messed it up too bad, it's pretty basic.

But first straighten the link. By any means necessary cause it's pain in the Ask! I would remove it and then straighten it.

The placement of the joint on the shift shaft should start at about 6 o clock, giving you a base to start your adjustment off of. Your shift rod should be instilled half way into the treads. Check for fat foot fitment at the shift lever. If its not where you want it or like it, adjust the thread rod first. If you can't seem to get it just right reset the thread rod to center and move the joint at the shift shaft clockwise or counter clockwise one tooth(spline) at a time and repeat and repeat and repeat until you get it just right.

A bent rod is going to feel squishy when you press it, evert time you press it it will give you a different feel. On the upshift it will feel fine unless it really bent. This usually happens when riders have a hard time d finding 1st and natrual with the power off.

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Re: Bend in shifter rod?
Reply #3 - 08/21/11 at 11:36:28

My wife rode the bike to work last night and called after she arrived and said she could only get the bike into 3rd and above. Not wanting her to ride the bike in that condition (especially after it was me who put it in that condition) I took her the car and rode the bike home. Felt more like 4th and 5th only when I was riding home.

Anyway, cut to this morning and after I readjusted the shifter now there's only neutral, 2nd and 3rd. AND it appears the clutch isn't engaging, b/c with the bike running and the clutch in shifting from neutral to 2nd kills the bike.

So did I fry the clutch riding it with only 4th and 5th? Or did I hose the transmission putting the shifter arm in a spot other than 6 o'clock and riding it? Somewhere there's a village missing their idiot. :'(

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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: Bend in shifter rod? Reply #4 - 08/21/11 at 12:28:21 Try relocating the arm one or two splines towards downshift. I remember having this issue and readjusting the arm fixed it. Now the clutch is another matter. Try adjusting it tighter. And you may need to replace the throwout rod.
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Re: Bend in shifter rod?
Reply #5 - 08/21/11 at 13:12:50

ecphelps wrote on 08/21/11 at 11:36:28:

AND it appears the clutch isn't engaging, b/c with the bike running and the clutch in shifting from neutral to 2nd kills the bike.

When you say it "kills" the bike,... does the bike lurch forward and die?,... or just die instantly?...
If it just dies,... it's probably an ignition cut-out... either the clutch lever or kickstand...

PS,.. the shifting problems do sound like just a lever adjustment... the behavior seems to be changing when you re-adjust...

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ecphelps YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 6	Re: Bend in shifter rod? Reply #6 - 08/21/11 at 13:38:07 duh, yeah the kickstand was down when shifting into gear, so that was why the engine died - I'll try readjusting the rod and see if that fixes the shifting
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