| Author | Message | ||
     Seanp |
Bartimus's post in the "What would it take?" made me realize what is going on with my Uly. When I shift up from 3rd to 4th, it takes two up-shifts to get it to change gears. While in 3rd, I can lift with my toe, and the lever just goes up, doing nothing. Then, when I lift again I feel the resistance of the bike changing gears. Does anyone know what might cause this? It seems to be worse when the bike is cold, (like the past few weeks when it's been in the low 20s riding in to school.) It's not all the time, and I've sort of gotten used to it, but it is annoying. | ||
| Ratbuell |
How long since a clutch adjustment, or a primary adjustment? Do all three (clutch cable, clutch pack, primary chain) and see if that cures it. 9 out of 10 shift problems in my experience have been cured by one or all of the above... Is that a PR2 on your Uly in the profile pic? I run them on my S2, but haven't on my Uly...have you had them off pavement, or is your Uly mainly paved road riding? Just curious...sorry to hijack  | ||
| Panhead_dan |
bent shift fork? | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
That shift fork is beefy. I'd think it would be hard to bend. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Start with clutch and primary chain adjustments, if that doesn't help, then you can pull off the primary and the clutch / primary chain / stator bell as a unit, and get to the shifter pawl and adjust that. They have been knocked caterwumpus or ejected springs by lowsides before. | ||
| Seanp |
I adjusted the primary a few weeks ago (it was pretty loose) but I haven't touched the clutch. I'll try that, and Bartimus said that for him it was a loose bushing in the primary cover, so I may have a look at that as well. And yes, those are PR2s. I tried them in the dirt/mud a few times, the most recent time resulting in a few hours' worth of work getting unstuck. That's why I got the KLX - knobbies and 300 pounds beats smooth and 500 pounds any day in the mud. I've had them for almost a year, put about 6,000 miles on them, mostly either urban commuting back and forth to school, or slabbing it across the country. They've still got some tread left, and I'm pleased with them. But they're definitely not for any kind of extreme off-roading. |
