Mhr mille stuck in gear, not defect shifter spring..
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 3:18 pm
When taking off in first gear after a stop in traffic, I could not get the 2. gear or neutral..limped back home in 1 gear and was convinced the shifter spring had broken again. ( put a new in a couple of years ago.) When preparing to dismantle the cluch I noticed there was oil at front of the rear mudguard.
Then I discovered that the screw (allen head) on top/rear of engine block was almost out of the hole and was passing oil. When looking at the parts drawing the screw was holding a spring and a steelball going into the gearselector shaft. After moving the selectorcshaft by hand I managed to "reenter" the ball back onto the shaft and could retighten the screw and this fixed the problem and was able to use the gearbox as normal.. well not as smooth as it used to be, now I need to be more firm when gearing up to avoid feeling resistance. Now after all this explanation finally comes the questions:
What is the function of the mentioned spring/ball assembly? is it just to stabilize the selector drum?
Is there a setup/adjustment required ? now the allen screw is screwed fully in giving maximum compression on the spring/ball, does not make sense to me that there is any other way, but..
As far as I can see everything else in the shifter mechanism looks to be in perfect order..but again maybe I am missing something..
Cheers Ove
Then I discovered that the screw (allen head) on top/rear of engine block was almost out of the hole and was passing oil. When looking at the parts drawing the screw was holding a spring and a steelball going into the gearselector shaft. After moving the selectorcshaft by hand I managed to "reenter" the ball back onto the shaft and could retighten the screw and this fixed the problem and was able to use the gearbox as normal.. well not as smooth as it used to be, now I need to be more firm when gearing up to avoid feeling resistance. Now after all this explanation finally comes the questions:
What is the function of the mentioned spring/ball assembly? is it just to stabilize the selector drum?
Is there a setup/adjustment required ? now the allen screw is screwed fully in giving maximum compression on the spring/ball, does not make sense to me that there is any other way, but..
As far as I can see everything else in the shifter mechanism looks to be in perfect order..but again maybe I am missing something..
Cheers Ove