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Gear selector return ?
Trigger:
Was just going to say that myself Hairy. ALL gears should be selectable with the engine in the upright position, as Hairy says by rotating the output shaft and selecting the gears up and down. OOps, just notices posted on Trigs board !!!
Nurse Julie:
Back in my own place now !!!. Lack of lubrication will make no difference, you should still be able to select all gears still. I wouldn't proceed any further until you find out why you can't get all gears.
Fogdevil:
I have not been rotating either output shaft or crank while trying to engage gears-just using the gear selector shaft.
Should I be rotating either output or crank at the same time as trying to engage the gears?
The output shaft spins freely as does the countershaft and crank when I spin them individually.
Sorry to be such a numptie but Haynes does not explain all this,just-"check gears for operation"
I had no idea that finding neutral was so simple-look for the brass button in the neutral switch hole.Little things like that are SO useful to amateurs like me!
Nurse Julie:
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I had no idea that finding neutral was so simple-look for the brass button in the neutral switch hole. Little things like that are SO useful to amateurs like me!
Being an amateur myself, that is why I posted little bits of info like that with pics, on my engine build thread, I thought I was the only person who didn't know about the brass button!!!. I must admit that even by rotating the output shaft, it still took me a while and plenty of wiggling to get everything in the correct place to be able to go from 1st to 6th and back down again. As Oddjob says, it depends where the dogs are sitting when you first start trying to locate the gears. Once you have everything in the correct place, you should be able to locate all gears no problem. I marked all the gear positions on the drum stopper plate (page 20 of my thread)so I knew where they were, it made things a lot easier and helped me visualise where things were internally!!! Keep up the good work.
Fogdevil:
Thanks Hairy,Oddjob and Nurse Julie.
Did everything you all suggested and it all went according to plan :D
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