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Title: Oh no! Found a spring!
Post by: DomP 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? 

Title: Re: Oh no! Found a spring!
Post by: Nurse Julie on January 24, 2026, 09:41:00 PM

It's the return spring Dom.

Title: Re: Oh no! Found a spring!
Post by: Bryanj on January 24, 2026, 10:04:07 PM

If that was missing the gear lever would flop down all the time

Title: Re: Oh no! Found a spring!
Post by: DomP 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