Well, I almost have my Legend back together after my minor dump a little while back. Was starting to get a little proud of myself because I was near completion on my first big job on a motorcycle, but now I've hit a snag ...
The original damage was done in a left side dump and I broke the shifter shaft. I read a few things where somebody hinted about going through the sump instead of splitting the crankcase, and said what the heck. I went through the sump, got the shaft out with no problems, and I replaced it with the new one and the quadrant is meshed properly with the gearchange drum.
But now here's the problem: It doesn't want to shift to the next gear smoothly. I had it elevated on stands for better access and the wheel had been turned (accidentally?) while in neutral. I don't know if this threw off some kind of timing or what. Now in order to shift to the next gear, I have to rotate the tire a bit (usually a few inches) until the next gear clicks in, and so on up through 5th. But then I have to do the same exact thing on the way back down to 1st.
The manual mentions gear line-up for four cylinders, but nothing about triples. Plus, I never actually removed any of the gears, linkage, clutch, etc. The only thing I pulled out was the shift shaft itself.
I've posted this in the Hinkley forum as well, to see what kind of replies I get there, in case you are curious about the results.
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Thanks in advance for any help.
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