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proze 28-04-19 03:04 PM

Scratchy/notchy gearshifts
 
Afternoon all. I thought an oil change might help, but it hasn't. My 14k mile 05 pointy does not shift gear as smoothly as I'd like. Quite often there isn't a smooth travel of the gear lever, it almost feels as if there's a first movement and then a second short one. So the shift feels scratchy or notchy. Any thoughts? Thanks.

Biker Biggles 28-04-19 04:00 PM

Re: Scratchy/notchy gearshifts
 
Lube the bit where it pivots on the footrest. Any drag there causes shifting problems.

Othen 28-04-19 04:31 PM

Re: Scratchy/notchy gearshifts
 
What you need to do is cover another 120,000 miles in the next year - my 134,000 mile K6 shifts gears like a hot knife through butter, so they must break in with use :-)


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R1ffR4ff 28-04-19 06:44 PM

Re: Scratchy/notchy gearshifts
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by proze (Post 3102145)
Afternoon all. I thought an oil change might help, but it hasn't. My 14k mile 05 pointy does not shift gear as smoothly as I'd like. Quite often there isn't a smooth travel of the gear lever, it almost feels as if there's a first movement and then a second short one. So the shift feels scratchy or notchy. Any thoughts? Thanks.

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johnnyrod 28-04-19 08:03 PM

Re: Scratchy/notchy gearshifts
 
Could be clutch drag, you could try readjusting the clutch lifter first - search the forum, it's been mentioned a lot of times. They do give up around 20k miles depending how much you use it.

proze 30-04-19 09:24 AM

Re: Scratchy/notchy gearshifts
 
Thank you for the replies, everyone. I'll dig in on Saturday and check everything.


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