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  • Ken Talbot
    XS-XJ Super Guru
    • Jun 2002
    • 4251
    • Revelstoke, BC

    #16
    Let's try it again:
    Originally posted by Ken Talbot
    Here's an extact from a note with a few photos that I forwarded
    some time ago when another Xsive was having trouble with his
    shifter. This should give you an idea of how the shifter works, and why yours doesn't......


    First, here's an overview shot of what is inside the shifter cover. Note
    the shift shaft assembly on the right - this where the shift pedal attaches....


    Under the shift shaft assembly is a torsion spring....


    The torsion spring returns the shift shaft assembly to a central position....


    Here's what it looks like when you are shifting up....


    and when you are shifting down....


    You can see that gravity would help return the shift shaft assembly to the centre position if the spring was broken, but but it would not help when shifting down.
    Ken Talbot

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    • Incubus
      XS-XJ Guru
      • Aug 2006
      • 1003
      • Austin TX

      #17
      Ken, is that set of pictures in tech tips somewhere? If it's not, it should be. That's about the clearest photographic explanation of a constant mesh transmission shifter as I've seen.

      Patrick
      The glorious rays of the rising sun exist only to create shadows in which doom may hide.

      XS11F (Incubus, daily rider)
      1969 Yamaha DT1B
      Five other bikes whose names do not begin with "Y"

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      • Ken Talbot
        XS-XJ Super Guru
        • Jun 2002
        • 4251
        • Revelstoke, BC

        #18
        Thanks, Patrick. You're probably right that this should be done up as a proper tech tip to list in the repairs/transmission section. The only reason it hasn't been is the length of my list of 'my projects'. Of course, there's also the length of SWMBO's list of 'my projects'. It will be done.....
        Ken Talbot

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        • Incubus
          XS-XJ Guru
          • Aug 2006
          • 1003
          • Austin TX

          #19
          Perhaps, for the time being, this thread could be linked from tech tips under a heading like "Shifter- Pictures and discussion."

          Just a thought. You could, of course, edit out the discussion about making it a thread. Except that part about how great I think it is.

          Patrick
          The glorious rays of the rising sun exist only to create shadows in which doom may hide.

          XS11F (Incubus, daily rider)
          1969 Yamaha DT1B
          Five other bikes whose names do not begin with "Y"

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          • TopCatGr58
            Administrator
            • Jul 2002
            • 12650
            • Portsmouth, Va.

            #20
            Tech Tip Added!

            Poof, It's DONE!
            Shift Lever Return Spring Pictorial tip

            T.C.
            T. C. Gresham
            81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
            79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
            History shows again and again,
            How nature points out the folly of men!

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            • Incubus
              XS-XJ Guru
              • Aug 2006
              • 1003
              • Austin TX

              #21
              Perfect

              Cool, T.C. That quality of graphic explanation shouldn't get lost in the bowels of the archives, left to random chance.....

              Patrick
              The glorious rays of the rising sun exist only to create shadows in which doom may hide.

              XS11F (Incubus, daily rider)
              1969 Yamaha DT1B
              Five other bikes whose names do not begin with "Y"

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              • thewright1
                Truly XSive
                • Aug 2009
                • 198
                • Orange County CA

                #22
                This post is awesome, it's just what I was looking for. Do you guys use a gasket for the crankcase? I heard that some silicon will do the trick, I just wanted to ask the pros.
                1980 XS1100SG
                In the process of making her look pretty!
                P.S., TomRodgers has the best avatar icon ever!

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                • DGXSER
                  Doctor of XSology(Deceased)
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 12001
                  • Cincinnati, Ohio

                  #23
                  I have used paper gasket material for the shift fork cover a couple times and it always leaked on me. I always use RTV for that one now. Many folks tal about "The Right Stuff" being the bomb shnizzle for gasket material.
                  Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

                  When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

                  81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
                  80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


                  Previously owned
                  93 GSX600F
                  80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
                  81 XS1100 Special
                  81 CB750 C
                  80 CB750 C
                  78 XS750

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                  • thewright1
                    Truly XSive
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 198
                    • Orange County CA

                    #24
                    Originally posted by DGXSER
                    I have used paper gasket material for the shift fork cover a couple times and it always leaked on me. I always use RTV for that one now. Many folks tal about "The Right Stuff" being the bomb shnizzle for gasket material.
                    Awesome, and you haven't experienced any leaking with RTV?
                    1980 XS1100SG
                    In the process of making her look pretty!
                    P.S., TomRodgers has the best avatar icon ever!

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                    • DGXSER
                      Doctor of XSology(Deceased)
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 12001
                      • Cincinnati, Ohio

                      #25
                      Not a drop with the black RTV so far.
                      Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

                      When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

                      81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
                      80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


                      Previously owned
                      93 GSX600F
                      80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
                      81 XS1100 Special
                      81 CB750 C
                      80 CB750 C
                      78 XS750

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                      • thewright1
                        Truly XSive
                        • Aug 2009
                        • 198
                        • Orange County CA

                        #26
                        Ok, that is good to hear. That's perfect.
                        1980 XS1100SG
                        In the process of making her look pretty!
                        P.S., TomRodgers has the best avatar icon ever!

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