I have a 2002 Vulcan 1500 and every time I put it in second gear and accelerate it jumps out of gear into neutral. I have replaced clutch and disk springs. Any thoughts?
It sounds like a bad shift fork, shift drum or worn dogs on the gear itself. Very labor intensive. have remove engine from the frame and split the cases.
SOURCE: just replaced clutch spring on '01 vulcan 1500
assuming it was reinstalled properly....try the following. while bleeding the system, squeeze the clutch lever several times to pump up the system as normal; open the bleed screw while holding the clutch lever in and air or fluid comes out. instead of closing the bleed screw hold your finger over the bleed screw and pump up the clutch lever in the normal fashon and bleed by releasing your finger to let the air escape try this several times to see if your clutch comes back. I don't know why but this technique works sometimes...Mike...Make sure you always have plenty of fluid in the resivoir at all times
SOURCE: Friend layed his 2004 Vulcan over today..after
Sidestand switch broken or moved? If the switch does not detect the sidestand is retracted it will kill the engine when it is put in gear.
SOURCE: Keeps jumping out of second gear. Tore down the
The gears ARE probably fine. The problem is a slightly bent shift fork. Since the engine is apart I would STRONGLY advise you replace the shift fork. If nothing else it is cheap insurance that you won't have to replace it four weeks later because it won't shift into first. I have replaced shift forks that looked perfectly good but were bent such the you couldn't get into 2nd gear. Looks can be deceiving.
SOURCE: second gear jumps had trans replaced once help for bout 1000 mile doing it again what is causing it?
Your mechanic did you no favors. You have a bent shift fork. If the problem was present and was then good for 1000 miles the mechanic removed the fork, bent it back to nearly straight then put it all back together. If he had put in a new fork he would have charged you for it. If he said he could find no problem then how did the problem go away, magic? He probably didn't want to go to the trouble of finding you a new fork since the bike is 13 years old and the dealers wouldn't have the part. The problem will only get worse.
The entire engine comes apart > Head. cam chain, cylinder, flywheel electrics, clutch, oil pump, shifter, gears, shift drum and bad shift fork. This is best done by a dealer. If you try it yourself, be able to put 100 or so parts back together. Go to the site below and take a look in a parts manual. I couldn't find a free service manual for download. Yes, the link says Yamaha but you will change that when on the site.
http://www.babbittsonline.com/pages/parts/viewbybrand/1/Yamaha.aspx
To find parts, google " vintage kawasaki motorcycle parts "
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