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Offline DomP

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Oh no! Found a spring!
« on: January 24, 2026, 09:00:54 PM »
While having a tidy up I've found a spring!  My heart sank when I saw it as I recognised it straight away, im sure its part 18 in the below parts diagram.   Now since the rebuild I've ridden my 550 a few times and not noticed gear change problems so I'm wondering if it came on a spare gear shift shaft I bought, can anyone confirm if omitting it would definitely cause shift problems? 
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Offline Nurse Julie

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Re: Oh no! Found a spring!
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2026, 09:41:00 PM »
It's the return spring Dom.
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Re: Oh no! Found a spring!
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2026, 10:04:07 PM »
If that was missing the gear lever would flop down all the time
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Re: Oh no! Found a spring!
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2026, 08:38:04 AM »
Thank God for that then!  I think it came on a spare i got to replace the original that had damaged splines,  thanks Julie/Bryan
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