Bike stuck in 5th gear

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  1. Liddell98

    Liddell98 Active Member

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    Hi guys, I'm a racer. Today when on track I hit a false neutral going from 4th to 5th and couldn't get a gear! Eventually I got it in 4th and nursed it into the pits. Put it on the paddock stand and went through the gears, again hitting false neutrals. I eventually got it into 5th, but now its stuck there and I cannot get out of gear completely, I have tried everything.

    Been told various things but most likely a bent gear selector, any advice on how to change this and is it a hard job etc?

    Hoping it's not the gearbox as it's done 4k and is 2015 so relatively newish
     
  2. Muffking

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    Gearboxes are one of those things where you either know your way round them or, like me, leave them to the pros.
    What I do know is that the Blades use a cassette type, so the whole thing can be removed for inspection relatively easily.
    I wouldn't rule a fault out based on the mileage though as much of that will be track miles.
     
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    Thanks for the reply, spoke to my mechanic and hes going to get a look at it on Wednesday for me (currently on holiday).

    I didn't know they were the cassette type so that's gave me a huge peace of mind! Lot of guys up the track saying it could be a full new gear box required and I would be as well with a new engine!! Just making it alot worse for me, hopefully it's a relatively easy fix without going too deep in my pocket. Thanks for the reply
     
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    Not all of them are cassette type gearboxes. Depends on model year!
     
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    Not all of them are cassette type gearboxes. Depends on model year!
     
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    Spoke to another guy late last night and he said they weren't cassette. Guess I'll just need to wait and see what my mechanic says... fingers crossed
     
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    Could be the earlier ones then. I know mine are. Not sure how that affects the repair to yours though.
     
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    Thought they stopped cassette gearboxes after the rr7. Could be wrong though, not that uncommon I know :oops:
     
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    If that's the case then I won't be replacing the track Blade then :rolleyes:
     

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