Re: Having trouble shifting to 2nd

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Having trouble shifting to 2nd

Silverwing Interstate 05-12-2008, 12:29 AM
i finished building an engine from a CX500 into my Silverwing interstate about a week ago.I've done 430km on it.this morning on my way to work I started having trouble shifting from 1st to 2nd gear.There aren't any noises or scratching noises so i don't think its a transmission problem. If eventually i get it into 2nd it goes through the rest of the gears no problem, even shifts down to 1st no problem. Does anyone have an idea what it could be? Might it be something with the clutch?

Re: Having trouble shifting to 2nd

Reg in Bristol 05-12-2008, 1:41 AM
heres a wild guess

I doubt its clutch as this usually manifests in gettin them into 1st gear
As its recently been put together..............
how about
As 1st to 2nd needs a longer upshift movement then say 2-3 3-4 4-5 etc
try removnig the gear change and refiting it angled bit further downwards?
Quick and easy to do and if that fixes it, your sorted.
If it doesnt, I'd say its a real transmission problem

you wouldnt be the first to have mislaligned a gearchange pedal BTW

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Re: Having trouble shifting to 2nd

Silverwing Interstate 05-12-2008, 2:44 AM
hi. thanks for the reply.I just tried that but still no luck.I actually managed to pull the clutch with one hand and pull the shifter with my other hand,and it still doesn't go.I tried riding again and i noticed if it revs up to 5000RPM its goes into 2nd. any ideas?

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Reg in Bristol 05-12-2008, 3:06 AM
Oh well, worth a try I suppose
If the clutch is Ok and the gearchange has full travel then
I'd have to guess its a selector problem ?
My only experience with a G/box was dropping all the innards on on the floor
once.
Hopefully someone will chime in with
"Aha ! that happened to me, it was the....................."
Good luck with it

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Re: Having trouble shifting to 2nd

Silverwing Interstate 05-12-2008, 5:14 AM
thanks for trying.I have a spare engine with g/box intact.I'd like some more info before i go and rip this one out.

Re: Having trouble shifting to 2nd

nippongreen 05-12-2008, 8:45 PM
MMMM,
Just my 2cents/pennies worth !!!!!!
I had problems with my 82 GL 500i at the end of last years biking season, as it was "clunking" and hard to shift from 1st to 2nd only.
I adjusted the clutch cabe repeatedly but to no avail !!!!!
I thought for sure it was a clutch or gearbox problem.
But me being a cheap so and so, i replaced the clutch cable 1st.
Problem solved :)
I hope yours is a simple fix like mine
All The Best......Keith + Gang.....

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Re: Having trouble shifting to 2nd

Silverwing Interstate 05-13-2008, 2:27 AM
hi."reg in Bristol" said that i should have a look at the shifter lever. I repluied that it wasn't that, which in fact it was.I had a spare lever which i fitted.Now its shifting like normal.the old lever was hitting the casing and at the angle i looked at it i couldn't see it. (sorry 'bout that reg).

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Reg in Bristol 05-13-2008, 2:44 AM
Whoo Hoo!!!
Result !!
Glad its sorted, its happened to a few of us.so your not the first
to be caught by that one.
I bet you're relieved you dont have to drop the lump eh?

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Re: Having trouble shifting to 2nd

Silverwing Interstate 05-13-2008, 2:59 AM
oh yes! i had this image in my mind about gears all over and then trying to assemble it again. Thanks for the help!

Re: Having trouble shifting to 2nd

Shep 05-13-2008, 5:41 AM
As a sidenote:

One of my CXs started getting hard to get into 1st gear.It was the lever catching on the chrome exhaust guard!

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Re: Having trouble shifting to 2nd

Silverwing Interstate 05-13-2008, 5:45 AM
thanks for that. When i check it last night i made sure it travels properly in both directions.

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kenglong 05-13-2008, 5:48 AM
Don't know if this is relevant but I always know when my oil is getting low because it gets hard to shift into second gear. When it first starts happening, I'm about two cups low. It was this way when I used dino oil and is still happening now that I've switched to synthetic.

Ken in Albuquerque
'83 GL650 Silverwing

Re: Having trouble shifting to 2nd

Shep 05-13-2008, 2:43 PM

kenglong wrote:
Don't know if this is relevant but I always know when my oil is getting low because it gets hard to shift into second gear. When it first starts happening, I'm about two cups low. It was this way when I used dino oil and is still happening now that I've switched to synthetic.

Good point.One of my CXs does this as well but I do keep an eye on my oil more now.

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Re: Having trouble shifting to 2nd

Nittany 05-13-2008, 2:54 PM
Exactly!

And mine is hard to upshift when the oil is cold, too.

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