Wobbly gear stick

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Wobbly gear stick

Post by Ballyad45 » Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:10 pm

Got a samurai gear stick and gears seem all over the place still drives ok but selecting gears bit iffy any help wood be good

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Re: Wobbly gear stick

Post by ScottieJ » Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:36 pm

The machined end has probably snapped off the little locating bolt on the gearbox.

Take the gator off and Just where the lever enters the gearbox there is a 12mm bolt on the back, remove that and try to fish the machined end out. Sometimes has a bit of thread left so on need to try and twist it out....if you can't get it out that way you can remove the lever but be careful to not let the broken bit fall into the gearbox.

Replacement bolts are cheap from Suzuki or you can get the end of a bolt machined down.
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Re: Wobbly gear stick

Post by Jordi » Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:46 pm

Think it was about £3 from Suzuki.
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Re: Wobbly gear stick

Post by Ballyad45 » Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:45 am

Thanks give it a go this evening

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Re: Wobbly gear stick

Post by twiss » Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:31 am

ScottieJ wrote:Take the gator off
Make sure you remove the gator before you remove the gaiter ;)

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Re: Wobbly gear stick

Post by Ballyad45 » Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:40 pm

Gonna need a bigger screwdriver for that .is it the lever locating bolt that i need £1.90 but I need to go and pay before they order it in case I bankrupt them maybe.

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Re: Wobbly gear stick

Post by ScottieJ » Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:48 pm

twiss wrote:
ScottieJ wrote:Take the gator off
Make sure you remove the gator before you remove the gaiter ;)

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Re: Wobbly gear stick

Post by Ballyad45 » Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:28 pm

Managed to drop end in but with aid of halfords magnet on stick and a bit of luck fished it out now just to purchase said nut . To be continued

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Re: Wobbly gear stick

Post by Ballyad45 » Tue Jul 22, 2014 6:30 pm

Mission accomplished thanks for your help

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Re: Wobbly gear stick

Post by ScottieJ » Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:02 pm

:good: did you remember to refit the alligator?
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