problem solved on all honda es units
There is a company that manufactures a hand and foot shifter and an aftermarket shift module for the 250 recon es , 350 rancher es, and the 450 foreman es. The hand and foot shifter both, use a hex pattern attatchment , to fit all of the es units and they bolt on , i didnt even need to do any drilling , the hand shifter is 16 inches tall and is very solid. The foot shifter is also perfect , even if you are wearing big boots and neither will fall off because they are bolted on. these shifters will ONLY FIT the es models. Their shift module only has six wires and it bypasses all of the troubled areas of the es models both can be installed in minutes with standard hand tools. the site is docsatvservice.com they really helped me