Scootman
Veteran Member
Well, glad you found it but that's yet another thing you could avoid with a straight shift lever. Glad it was something simple but as you mentioned, it did lead you to find the loose bolt in the detent mechanism so that's a plus and saves you another adventure down the road when the bolt falls out and it won't shift in the middle of a ride somewhere. It might have been a good idea to replace the caps, springs and rollers while the starter clutch was apart, it's a typical repair/refresh that you may end up doing later but at least it isn't a difficult fix if/when you have to do it.
Yeah, that's how I'm looking at it, it led me to find that loose bolt which could have resulted in me being stranded, and that's always a bummer. I will probably replace the starter clutch too, it's still apart and I cant put it back together til the starter is fixed so..
I think the oversight on the linkage was assuming in the back of my mind that there was something I did wrong with the rebuild. It's my first rebuild of an entire Honda engine, I did the top end on my CB175 but I never rebuilt an entire engine from a pile of parts before. So I'm actually impressed that I got this far without other issues. Up to now, everything has been just minor adjustments, fingers crossed.