getting into 2nd gear

68Cb77 · Post by **68Cb77** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:37 pm

So, I've got the bike on the road, and everything is more or less working fantastic....but shifting from 1st to 2nd is sometimes a problem....I've had old bikes before and realize they all have little quirks. About 1 in 20 shifts, it doesn't go into 2nd. The shifter will let me go back to first, but won't let me go up. I rebuilt the top end, but never touched the bottom. I'm guessing the shift fork is worn a bit, but the bike only had 12,000 miles on it, so I thought everything might be o.k.....Am I looking at a winter time bottom-end tear-down? Is this common to this bike? Thanks, John.

68Cb77 · Post by **68Cb77** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:43 pm

Anybody?

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:24 pm

And the bike is a?. .............lm

68Cb77 wrote:Anybody?

68Cb77 · Post by **68Cb77** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:40 pm

Sorry, think I'd learn by now....66 or 67 Cb77

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:27 pm

At times the problem can/will be outside the engine with this problem. Lets hope.
As you look at the front of the shift rod you will see a gear change arm which is on the end of the shift arm.
That part MUST be at 11:00 as ya look at it. If it's at 12:00 the linkage jams and won't allow the shaft to move the shift fork inside the engine to fully move the gears. .........lm

68Cb77 wrote:Sorry, think I'd learn by now....66 or 67 Cb77

68Cb77 · Post by **68Cb77** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:31 am

o.k. I'll check, but I think it's pretty close to 11:00. Also had a massive oil leak as the seal on the end of the clutch push rod came out all by it's self....That makes quite a mess!...At least I know I have good oil flow........A new one was still available from Honda. Thanks Ed.

e3steve · Post by **e3steve** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:02 am

You can get practically every seal for our bikes from most bearing or hydraulics suppliers. You just need the number from the side of the old seal (id-od-width, in mm).

My CB baulks 1-2 & sometimes 2-3 at times, but my clutch does drag a little. Will it snick into neutral from 1st or 2nd at idle OK?