honda fourtrax 250 won't shift!!!!
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I did have it working the best, a couple of days ago , but it was weird. it would be in neutral w/ green light on. i'd shift down once, red light would go on but no movement shift down again and it would go in reverse. Then i'd shift up 1 nothing but w red light. up again, green light. up again, light would go off but no movement then up again and it would go up and down the gears fine!!!!!! what'n the?? hehehe That was the time I put it together with the end of the spring sticking out the bottom of the case causing the huge oil leak.
Any way, I thought i had it in useable form, I just had to tuck the end of the spring back in. I took it back apart and re-assembled it. now it's worse than [email protected] It won't even go into gear! This thing is becoming a vendetta, and I'm not gonna stop until it's fixed!!!! I really appriciate your time and knowledge!
what will the clutch adjusting screw control? it's so hard for me to explain!!! when I click up on the shift lever, it feels like it will go into gear, It just seems like it's not going quite far enough to drop into the groove, where it will stay engaged........sooooooooooo frustrating!!!! hehehe
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The clutch adjusting screw adjusts the clutch free play. That's free play for engaging and disengaging the clutch.
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That sounds more like the problem is either on the left side with the linkage or on the inside of the crankcase. Let's hope it's the linkage, because if it's not, then you will have to split the cases which is a bad job.
As long as it's not running, it should actually shift into every gear, even if you don't have all the pieces in the right side put back. I would check the linkage on the left side and see if it looks OK. Here is a picture.
There's a little roller on the bottom arm, in the picture, that fits in notches around the shift drum. That's what makes it stay in each gear. See if that's working right when you change gears.
Once you get everything in place on the left side, make sure you put the left side cover back on, because if you don't, when you put the clutch lever back on the right side, it will push the shift shaft back out the left side.
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Good luck, hope you get it.
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If the oil isn't designed for wet clutches, your clutch will start slipping.
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With the left side cover off and the gear shifter bolted onto the shaft, you can shift through the gears and watch the shift drum. The arm has a roller on it that fits into the notches on the shift drum. Make sure you hold in on the shifter as you shift, so the shifter shaft doesn't pull out. The roller will go into a different notch for each gear. You will probably have to turn the output shaft or the flywheel to get it to go all the way into each gear. The arrow in the picture below points to where the roller is that locks into the notches. You should be able to feel it lock in and you should hear a click.
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