Lining up the gear selector on a '62 Sportique

[mushroom]

Had to change the gear change bar as the clutch lever screw hole was ovaled.
Changed the cables as well and now the selector doesn't line up with anything other than neutral
Cables are tight with no slack
Do they ever line up 100% in all gears ?
I know the older selector box is a different design

Neutral is OK



1st isn't too bad



2nd it starts to not line up



3rd



4th




older selector box is different design to a P2 one, wonder if that makes any difference??

[pxguru]

Frustrating for sure. The most likely problem is not going to be the engine but the gear shift pulley in the handlebars. Worn, broken or the entirely wrong one for your model!

[mushroom]

It's fairly original.
It's been off the road since '65 so I guess the gear shift pulley is the original one.
Do you think it could wear that much in 3 year s?
New ones are only £8.50 maybe it's worth changing

[bryno]

If it lines up at neutral and the cables are tight there is nothing more to adjust, I would not waste money trying any aftermarket parts to make it line up better, it probably won't and the original part will always be best fit. I suspect they never lined up perfectly from new anyway.

Neutral is the only one that needs to line up, you've no need to ever look at the change other than to check your in neutral.

[pxguru]

Would be fairly sure it is the original part with such little use. I think on those old ones it is possible to fit the pulley upside down (180 degrees out). Might just be that. Like Bryno says, does it matter so much?

[mushroom]

Mar 22, 2017 9:20:30 GMT pxguru said:

I think on those old ones it is possible to fit the pulley upside down (180 degrees out).

I'll just leave it a bit out, like you say only really need neutral to line up anyway

Seems like the right way up according to scooterhelp



here's mine

[bryno]

I don't think that would work the other way around so looks correct. Even if it was 180 deg out that would not change the lining up of the marks, thats determined by the position of the notches on the gear selector at the box end and that is fixed.. its fine :-)

[pxguru]

yeah, its the right way up. It would pull slightly further for less degrees the other way up but would hit the cable mount. It is either the right part and badly designed or nearly the right part that is for a similar model built in the factory around the same time.
One that would make the gear marks line up in the gears would have the cable nipples a few mm further from the centre.

[mushroom]

Cheers guys

[mushroom]

Also, need to know what glue people use to stick the handlebar grip onto the gearchange? It's slipping when I tested it

[henri]

hairspray , pound store variety, an have only ever lined up the neutral marks an regard the others as advice? not a guide .H

[mushroom]

Mar 23, 2017 7:35:31 GMT henri said:

hairspray , pound store variety, an have only ever lined up the neutral marks an regard the others as advice? not a guide .H

Cheers mate, off to the pound shop it is

[mushroom]

This was a pound at ASDA, hopefully it's a firm hold

[mushroom]

Doesn't seem to work, maybe I need hair gel ?

[mushroom]

OK, looked around and apparently it's supposed to be left 24hrs to dry

[henri]

was going to say , give it time, enclosed in a grip will take a while for solvent to go, if ya mrs has a hairdryer ,bit of heat wont hurt . H

[mushroom]

wemoto do grip glue for £1.91 I'll give the hairspray another go and leave it over the weekend

www.wemoto.com/parts/picture/bi-grpglu5/

If it still doesn't work I'll try grip glue

[mushroom]

Hairspray on for 3 days and nada, still slips off
grip glue tomorrow