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maxim6469 · 09-22-2009, 09:17 AM

I Have an 03 Honda Shadow Ace:

Every time I shift my bike I hear a clicking noise like a piece of metal is being tapped against another peice of metal. IT's been doing that for about a week, and now when I down shift sometimes it is getting stuck halfway between neutral and first. I don't notice it's not fully in gear until I go to move and the gear slams down into first.

Any Idea what could cause this, and how to fix it?

MOKE1K · 09-22-2009, 09:34 AM

Possibly your dogs and slots, or perhaps a bent shift fork what ever it is it doesnt sound cheap.

Kenneth_Moore · 09-22-2009, 10:26 AM

If it isn't your dogs and slots it may be your mutts 'n ho's.

seruzawa · 09-22-2009, 10:28 AM

Worn engagement dogs on the gear have bent the shift fork is my guess.
Eventually you will lose the gear altogether. Repair requires engine removal and complete teardown.

longride · 09-22-2009, 10:37 AM

"Repair requires engine removal and complete teardown."

Not like those junky, unreliable Harleys eh?

mscuddy · 09-22-2009, 12:59 PM

Take a look at the shift mechanism that goes from the shift lever shaft, to the shift-cam itself. The part resides behind the clutch, and one of the little springs that holds the finger on the shift cam mechanism might be loose, bent or missing. It involves taking off the clutch case and having a look-see at the part that impinges on the shift cam itself.

Shadow gear boxes are pretty tough items. They have undercut dogs that lock the gears together, and pretty much prevent a clutchless upshift under power. So the dogs in my opinion are the last things to look at.

09-22-2009, 09:17 AM	#1
maxim6469 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1	Shifting Issues I Have an 03 Honda Shadow Ace: Every time I shift my bike I hear a clicking noise like a piece of metal is being tapped against another peice of metal. IT's been doing that for about a week, and now when I down shift sometimes it is getting stuck halfway between neutral and first. I don't notice it's not fully in gear until I go to move and the gear slams down into first. Any Idea what could cause this, and how to fix it?

09-22-2009, 09:34 AM	#2
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	Possibly your dogs and slots, or perhaps a bent shift fork what ever it is it doesnt sound cheap. __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

09-22-2009, 10:26 AM	#3
Kenneth_Moore Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: VIsiting the GIft Shop in the Pit of DIspair Posts: 7,118	If it isn't your dogs and slots it may be your mutts 'n ho's. __________________ www.kennethmoore.org

09-22-2009, 10:28 AM	#4
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	Worn engagement dogs on the gear have bent the shift fork is my guess. Eventually you will lose the gear altogether. Repair requires engine removal and complete teardown. __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

09-22-2009, 10:37 AM	#5
longride Super Duper Mod Man Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Anywhere they let me Posts: 10,484	"Repair requires engine removal and complete teardown." Not like those junky, unreliable Harleys eh? __________________ I'm a knucklehead

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09-22-2009, 12:59 PM	#6
mscuddy MODERATOR X Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Next to my still checkin the temp. Posts: 5,444	Take a look at the shift mechanism that goes from the shift lever shaft, to the shift-cam itself. The part resides behind the clutch, and one of the little springs that holds the finger on the shift cam mechanism might be loose, bent or missing. It involves taking off the clutch case and having a look-see at the part that impinges on the shift cam itself. Shadow gear boxes are pretty tough items. They have undercut dogs that lock the gears together, and pretty much prevent a clutchless upshift under power. So the dogs in my opinion are the last things to look at. __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.