First time pushing my Bandit in 22-1/2 years and 65k miles!
My shifter went "loose" today. I could move it up & down but it didn't feel connected to anything inside, but I could feel the spring returning it to center. Pushed it back to the parking lot at work and found massive end play in the shift shaft. I was able to pull the shaft out from the case and saw the circlip groove so I pushed the clip back into the groove and I thought all was good...
When I started riding home, I could not shift to 2nd gear, just 1st & N. I took it easy and limped home to my garage and my tools.
My theory, at this point, was that the shift shaft's teeth were mis-meshed with the shift drum by a tooth. I pulled the circlip back and pushed the shaft back inward in an attempt to disengage and re-engage it in the correct position.
Now I can't get the shift shaft to the position where it was "loose" and I'm stuck in 1st gear only - can't get to N. I also can't feel the effect of the centering spring anymore.
Planning to drop the oil pan to see what I can see from there. I'm hoping I can reach and realign whatever is wrong in there.
Anybody have any tips or ideas?