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Getting the bolt that holds the shifter on????

  • Thread starter Thread starter rombi
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The way my bike is, is there is the shifter arm, and its hold onto the shaft by the spines and a little bold that brings together each end of where it slides on the shaft to clamp it on tight.

Maybe soak the whole shaft and bolt down with some WD40 and let it sit, or PB Blaster.
 
here is what I am looking at. I can not get a box end on it. Not enough room. I hope you can see by the pics.
 
very fuzzy
see how deep that is set in there? Maybe I am missing something. I worked on F-15's for four years and never got so ****ed/confused whatever
 
Some more info now that I am thinking about this. I will come clean. I was chasing a stray cat down the driveway, rough gravel washboard type and the I was dirttracking it a bit and there was some wheel hop. BOOM the chain breaks/comes off/ grenades what have you. I can not see what is happening in the front sprocket. I can not shift it up or down, the shifter is tight. So I had some fun and I now come crawling back to seek help.
I think the chain bounced off not broke. It feels like it is on the counter shaft yet not to the side.
 
Lol

Lol

:D We all have fun some times! If you can turn a wrench on a P.W. F-100 220 jet engine and read the T.O. books then you can figure this out. How bout takeing the rear side cover off the engine that is just above the shifter and that covers the chain. You get that chain loose an she might just start shifting again. An like I said earlier, If you have to cut it, just cut it. The whole shifter assem. is only like 60 bucks or so. An remember if you want to play, you have to pay! :rolleyes:
 
This is going to sound weird. If you keep some weight on the up stroke of the gear lever the remote (thats what we are looking at) will come down. (I hope) That should give you a bit more clearance, then you should be able to get a spanner on it to undo it.

Suzuki mad.
 
Doesn't sound weird at all. The shifter lever has to have a position in which there is easy access to the bolt. Maybe rocking the chain a bit will allow moving the shifter lever into a position in which there is access. Or removing a cover, or both.

It would help to see a clear photo from another GS650E. And, I guess, that a GS550E would be very similar.
 
Makes sense that the bolt is at a bad angle. There is like little to no movement on the shifter but I will see if I can lift it so I can get a socket on it.
 
Suzuki mad said:
This is going to sound weird. If you keep some weight on the up stroke of the gear lever the remote (thats what we are looking at) will come down. (I hope) That should give you a bit more clearance, then you should be able to get a spanner on it to undo it.

Suzuki mad.
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This is what I was going to suggest, I share the same shifter as you and I replaced my bolt with a SS socket head to make this whole job easier as well.
 
One other suggestion: Start another thread, with a title asking for photos of a 1977 GS550E. Might be a big help. It would at least identify some owners of the same model, and one of them must have done this when changing their chain.
 
themess said:
Doesn't sound weird at all. The shifter lever has to have a position in which there is easy access to the bolt. Maybe rocking the chain a bit will allow moving the shifter lever into a position in which there is access. Or removing a cover, or both.

It would help to see a clear photo from another GS650E. And, I guess, that a GS550E would be very similar.
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Ask and you shall receive!!

I just had to take mine off again yesterday to place a proper spacing washer on the counter shaft. So, I took the time to take a couple of pictures.

First shot is showing the proper angle of the shift linkage. From the pictures above I think someone did not properly install it correctly, or it wasn't tight enough and skipped a couple of teeth on the shaft.
Properangle.jpg


Here is a picture with my 3/8" ratchet and socket on the bolt, showing that at the right angle it shouldn't be any trouble:
threeeightsdrive.jpg


And Here it a picture with my 1/4" ratchet as well.
quarterdrive.jpg


See if they give you any idea of how it should actually work..

Also as mentioned before, you can't just cut the head of the bolt off, as the shaft has a ridge that the bolt rides in and if you cut the head off you are sorry out of luck.

Also, for the one that mentioned removing the cover, you can't as the shaft goes through the cover, so to remove it would require breaking it or cutting it which would be even more costly.

Let me know if you want any more pictures and I'll see what I can do.

Amos
 
Got it off thanks/ I am still stuck with the big nut job. Trying to scroung the right size socket and a little luck trying to break it loose.
 
rombi said:
Got it off thanks/ I am still stuck with the big nut job. Trying to scroung the right size socket and a little luck trying to break it loose.
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You are looking at getting a 32mm socket, mine came as a 1/2 drive, so if you don't have a 1/2 ratchet, you'll probably have to pick that up as well.

As for breaking it loose, first check the "lock" washer, it should be bent over on one of the flats of the nut, bend it back flat. Then I would put the shift linkage back on (without the cover installed and for this you shouldn't have to put the bolt in) and shift it into gear and remove it. Then use the ratchet to break it loose.


If it hasn't been off in some time you may have some difficulty, but it should come off.

Hope that helps..
 
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