Ron
A while back I rebuilt a center shift trans that had previously been fit
with a "rebuilt" laygear. You know the ones available several years ago that
had
the first gear surgically removed and a new gear welded on. Boy was that a
mess. About 15k miles and the new first gear was toast. Metal was way to soft.
Anyway a new laygear and first gear slider assembly along with a bunch of
other bits were fit in the trans and I found after much frustration that the
shifter was capable of moving the first gear to far on the hub. The symptoms
were like yours. Tough to get out of first. I assumed that the laygear end
clearances where not correct or the shifter was moving to far in the top cover
(bend shift fork, missing pad, or something like that). Rechecked both and
they seemed correct. Problem persisted. Ended up checking the first/second
gear
control rod position when the dedent on the rod brought the first gear into
position on the hub. Everything was off just a bit and the shifter was indeed
moving the first gear to far causing it to bind. A sleeve was fashioned to
slide over the shifter rod to stop the rod when the gear change is at the
correct location and everything works great. Only took a couple frustrating
days
to figure out but the new gears available, at least the ones I bought, were
not a perfect fit but could be made to work.
Aloha
Perry
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