Removing Gear lever
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Removing Gear lever
Hi All,
Trying to remove the Gear lever so I can change it to a more toe up position ( I cannot comfortably change gears up when wearing my riding boots) I have taken the bolt out and tried open the gap up by wedging in a screw driver blade but it remains defiantly stuck.........Am I missing something?
Thanks
Alan
Trying to remove the Gear lever so I can change it to a more toe up position ( I cannot comfortably change gears up when wearing my riding boots) I have taken the bolt out and tried open the gap up by wedging in a screw driver blade but it remains defiantly stuck.........Am I missing something?
Thanks
Alan
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Re: Removing Gear lever
sounds like you got the idea
considering that your bike is between 8 and 28 years old there is a good chance the lever is just set in its ways and needs some penetrating oil
considering that your bike is between 8 and 28 years old there is a good chance the lever is just set in its ways and needs some penetrating oil
newbbewb wrote:DIYmirage has it right.
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Removing Gear lever
Agreed. I don't think you are missing anything. It can be stubborn to remove for sure. I also have to push the chain up right at the engine sprocket to provide enough clearance to wiggle it out.
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Re: Removing Gear lever
Thanks for that DIY & Turtle, thought I was going nuts, gave the area a real good clean and found the issue "PO" has spot welded the selector to the selector shaft
Thanks
Alan
Thanks
Alan
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Re: Removing Gear lever
lol, gotta love that
if it makes you feel any better, i had a suzuki TSX once with the teeth sheared clean off the counter shaft so i welded the sprocket right onto it
i was NOT looking forward to having to replace it but luckily i ran into a VW eurovan before i needed a new sprockets on it
if it makes you feel any better, i had a suzuki TSX once with the teeth sheared clean off the counter shaft so i welded the sprocket right onto it
i was NOT looking forward to having to replace it but luckily i ran into a VW eurovan before i needed a new sprockets on it
newbbewb wrote:DIYmirage has it right.
-1996 KDX 200 woods weapon (converted to 99 green body)
-1996 KDX 200 plated street toy (barney edition)
-2003 Yamaha TTR125-L (wifeys bike)
-1997 KDX 220 project bike
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Re: Removing Gear lever
If it's spot welded on the end of the shaft you should be able to take a dremel to it and grind the weld down and remove the lever without damaging the splines. Although it's likely the splines are stripped which is why he welded it in the first place
Luckily the shift shaft is easily replaced without splitting the cases, so there is hope.
Luckily the shift shaft is easily replaced without splitting the cases, so there is hope.
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Re: Removing Gear lever
Yeah it is a very tidy little spot weld, which is why I didn't notice it to begin with. I do not have a dremel tool and you are probable right about the striped spline....Easier to buy a set of FOX shorty boots to wearbufftester wrote:If it's spot welded on the end of the shaft you should be able to take a dremel to it and grind the weld down and remove the lever without damaging the splines. Although it's likely the splines are stripped which is why he welded it in the first place
Luckily the shift shaft is easily replaced without splitting the cases, so there is hope.
DIY Lucky to crash the Bike????? sounds like you just wanted a new bike
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yeah...the real luck in that crash was that i survived it
took me two days to wake up from that crash and 6 months to learn how to walk again
come to think of it, that must have been a different bike that i welded the sprocket on, you can see in the picture the police removed everything that wasnt stock (and therefor street legal) on it and the counter sprocket was one of those parts
took me two days to wake up from that crash and 6 months to learn how to walk again
come to think of it, that must have been a different bike that i welded the sprocket on, you can see in the picture the police removed everything that wasnt stock (and therefor street legal) on it and the counter sprocket was one of those parts
newbbewb wrote:DIYmirage has it right.
-1996 KDX 200 woods weapon (converted to 99 green body)
-1996 KDX 200 plated street toy (barney edition)
-2003 Yamaha TTR125-L (wifeys bike)
-1997 KDX 220 project bike
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Re: Removing Gear lever
But how would they remove it?come to think of it, that must have been a different bike that i welded the sprocket on, you can see in the picture the police removed everything that wasnt stock (and therefor street legal) on it and the counter sprocket was one of those parts
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Re: Removing Gear lever
i must have been thinking of a different bike
this was well over a decade ago and in those days i changed bikes more often then i changed underpants...come to think if it...nevermind
this was well over a decade ago and in those days i changed bikes more often then i changed underpants...come to think if it...nevermind
newbbewb wrote:DIYmirage has it right.
-1996 KDX 200 woods weapon (converted to 99 green body)
-1996 KDX 200 plated street toy (barney edition)
-2003 Yamaha TTR125-L (wifeys bike)
-1997 KDX 220 project bike