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Mhlunsford
Posted on Friday, December 13, 2013 - 02:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have a M2 with 20K miles. When the bike warms up, and I shift from first to second a lot of times it misses. I just recently learned the way to avoid this is to pull the clutch shift and hold and let the clutch out and then release the sifter. That said I ordered the baker shift drum, new 1st and 2nd gears, new chain tensioner. I also ordered the new style shifter as well.

Do folks normally see other gears go bad ?
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Lakes
Posted on Friday, December 13, 2013 - 03:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

i would check all adjustments, if still doing it i'd pull the gearbox out & look b4 ordering parts but baker make good parts just stock HD gear are better & last longer.
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Harleyelf
Posted on Saturday, December 14, 2013 - 09:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Second gear is the most common one to fail.

Be sure you get all the chunks of broken drive dog out of the case before re-installing the gear cluster.

I had a four-speed Sportster that I had to double-clutch like that. In that case, the gears mis-engaged because the thrust washer was incorrect; i.e., a .030" where a .035" would be appropriate. Side play can be checked with a flat plate that has properly spaced holes for the transmission shafts. It's in the Sportster special tools catalog.
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Reepicheep
Posted on Saturday, December 14, 2013 - 12:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Not on mine. It was just the 2nd gear pair.

Mine hadn't lost any big chunks, it just "mushed" the edges.
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Kalali
Posted on Saturday, December 14, 2013 - 02:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What I do is upshift into second simultaneously with releasing the clutch. It slides in like a butter....Took a little practice but its now like second nature. I also don't always shift 1-2 at real high RPM. I leave that to 2-3 upshifts. That's where these bikes really come alive.....
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Coxster
Posted on Saturday, December 14, 2013 - 09:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

this is my extra neutral too. I lift a little firmer going to 2nd, but nothing stupid and I'm ok for days at a time until I forget . . .
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