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Offline Doc J

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1971 CB500 Difficulty Shifting Into Neutral at Pedal
« on: August 20, 2016, 06:27:34 AM »
Difficulty Shifting Into Neutral at Pedal ~ shift pedal sticks and will not go into neutral from first gear, only way to find it is from second gear, then it wants to shift real fast pass neutral ~ Shifts fine all other gears ~ Suggestions?
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Offline bryanj

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Re: 1971 CB500 Difficulty Shifting Into Neutral at Pedal
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2016, 02:22:11 PM »
Relatively normal if at standstill, if when moving you need to check out the detents and return sprin but that means taking the complete clutch off
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Offline mj1176

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Re: 1971 CB500 Difficulty Shifting Into Neutral at Pedal
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2016, 09:46:57 PM »
Does the problem go away if you kill the bike in first with the clutch pulled and then try to click it up into neutral?
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