1 K100RS Gear selector pedal does not return to midpoint. Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:48 pm
fretherne
active member
I am new tothis forum sohello from wet and windy Morecambe.
For two weeks I have been the proud owner of a 1986 K100RS. It had not been used for a number of years.
I foundgear selection a little difficult because the gear pedal was not self returning to the midway point unless I gave it a little nudge. This has got rather worse in the course of the300 miles I have put on the bike. The gear pedal movement also seems excessive to me even allowing for the fact it is starting each gear change from one of the extreme positions not the midpoint.
I have not yet got hold of a handbook but from a picture on line the gear lever appears to be returned to its central position by a spring inside the gear box cover. Combing through forums I have seen a reference to a grub screw which is involved at that point.
What I have not been able to do is to see how to access this spring and grubscrew. I am beginning to fear that what at first sight would be a 30 minute job is going to be rather longer.
Any advice would be appreciated.
regards
Fretherne
Rafiniert ist meine BMW aber boese ist sie nicht.
For two weeks I have been the proud owner of a 1986 K100RS. It had not been used for a number of years.
I foundgear selection a little difficult because the gear pedal was not self returning to the midway point unless I gave it a little nudge. This has got rather worse in the course of the300 miles I have put on the bike. The gear pedal movement also seems excessive to me even allowing for the fact it is starting each gear change from one of the extreme positions not the midpoint.
I have not yet got hold of a handbook but from a picture on line the gear lever appears to be returned to its central position by a spring inside the gear box cover. Combing through forums I have seen a reference to a grub screw which is involved at that point.
What I have not been able to do is to see how to access this spring and grubscrew. I am beginning to fear that what at first sight would be a 30 minute job is going to be rather longer.
Any advice would be appreciated.
regards
Fretherne
Rafiniert ist meine BMW aber boese ist sie nicht.