Gear woes

[Richard Q]

Me again

I have the barrels back on, but prior too going too far, I thought it might be a good idea to check the gearchange worked. I get first, and back to neutral, but that's it.

Whipping the sump off to gain access I see this



It all seems to be in the right place, but the lower selector in the picture doesn't fully disengage the gear.

I have taken out the selector rod, and placed the selector in the track, but as you can see, it won't now engage in the selector drum.





Have I done something really stupid here?

Richard

[hillbilly]

they only go up box when running.

[z1bman]

you cannot engage 2nd gear without the gearbox spinning there are 3 x ball bearings in the gear which centrifugal out when the bike is moving

[Richard Q]

FFS !!

I didn't know that.

Thanks guys, I'll go and put it all back together again then

[mick znone]

a few have panicked when the bike is all together and they couldnt engage gears, always a worrying moment if you dont know.

[Garry.L]

Kawasaki Positive neutral Finder or PNF.

[Richard Q]

a few have panicked when the bike is all together and they couldnt engage gears, always a worrying moment if you dont know.

I bet they didn't spend most of the day taking bits off, then turning the bike upside down so they could get at it

[jimmock]

One of my Z1A's has it removed!!

[Richard Q]

Back together



Allez - up



That'll teach me to read the workshop manual