Shifting problems after replacing shift lever

[twr3cks]

Not sure if that's the exact cause, but I recently replaced the shift lever. When I put it on, I simply unscrewed the old one, put the new one on. Didn't seem like rocket science.

A few days later, I was riding down the road, the shifting became super soft, looked down and the bolt had come loose. Luckily I caught it before it fell off, so I tightened it and was on my way.

Then last night on the way home, it again became hard to shift, I looked down and all seemed well. I got home but it wouldn't go below third gear.

After about an hour or so of the bike being off, I was finally able to shift it up and down again in the driveway.

Is there some trick to replacing the shift lever? None of these issues cropped up until I changed it. Does it have to be super tight? A little loose? It feels like it's not travelling enough, but it doesn't always feel that way.

Please help, I want to avoid any tranny damage.

 

[twr3cks]

ok amigos, 50 some views and no answer? No worries! I think I figured it out on the way home Saturday. I think that when I put the new lever on, I didn't set it at the exact correct angle, it has too much, or too little play in either direction, a little fiddling with it should do the trick. Now that I know the issue, I've been able to shift through all the gears without any problems! Hope this helps someone else sometime!

 

[ztied]

Good job if its too tight it wont shift good,best thing i recommend is put some light grease on the bolt towards the top not the threads and some blue lock tite on the threads.

 

[twr3cks]

Thanks amigo, is the blue loc-tite the light or the hard loctite? I can never remember.

 

[ztied]

The lite stuff it will come back off with a wrench.red lock tite you need a torch usually.if your shifter is super tight when you have the bolt snug,then it might be good to shave a little metal off of the back side,and make sure the bushing is clean,a simple task that can be a pain in the ass

 

[twr3cks]

Thanks amigo, good to know!