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Post by BadForeman on Dec 24, 2004 0:06:37 GMT -5
Today when I was loading my Rancher 4x4 into the truck, I was pulling it up and was going to reverse it up onto the truck, but when I push the red reverse button down, pull that brake handle back and shift down it doesn't go into reverse it just stays in neutral. It has been below freezing for the last week so I thought it might be that it is frozen, but it was able to go into 1st gear easy so I don't know. What wrong and what can I do to fix this??
THANKS!!
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Post by 1badrancher on Dec 24, 2004 21:58:41 GMT -5
mine has done the same thing several times. what i did was push it with my lawnmower out of the back yard and ride it down the street and she if it worked it usually did. but it could have some trash in their. take it to your dealer have have them check it out, but if you dont want to take it to the shop then have someone else do it for you. just my .02
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Post by Jake on Dec 24, 2004 22:47:34 GMT -5
Threre are a couple of things that could be going on, and most aren't that serious. Let me ask you a couple of questions:
Is it an S or an ES? (I'm guessing an S?)
Have you adjusted the rear brakes recently? If so, you should have readjusted the interlock cable as well. Unscrew it (lengthen it) a turn or two and see f that helps.
Is (or was) the reverse interlock set so that it took a firm pull on the handle to get it to go in to reverse prior to this incident? Brakes will tighten up when they're cold, believe it or not. They don't work quite as good, but they're still tighter. If that was the case, again, unscrew the adjuster and see what happens.
When you shifted to reverse, did it feel like the shifter went all the way, or was it a "dud" shift, kind of like when you are stationary with the motor off and try to change gears, sometimes it works and sometimes you get the "dud" that doesn't actually change gears? (or if I'm wrong and it's an ES, does the shift motor make it's usual sound like it's trying to shift? Or does it give you the "dud" shift sound, like trying to shift with the key on and engine off, where the shifts sometimes don't shift all the way? If the interlock is interfearing with the shifting, you'll get a "dud" shift.
If the shift interlock is getting in the way, you'll get a "dud" shift.
If the shift lever is broken (I doubt it since it works both up and down in all other gears), you'll get an "empty" shift, where the lever just flops. (Hard to distinguish on an ES bike unless you get out the manual shifter).
If the transmission is damaged internally, you'll get a good shift feel, you'll still get the "jump" when shifting from neutral, especially if you keep the revs JUST BARELY above idle.
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Post by BadForeman on Dec 26, 2004 0:31:22 GMT -5
It was just frozen because of all the cold weather here. I went and did a little trail riding today and after I rode it around for like ten minutes I tried it and it worked. Thanks for the help!! I'll always come here if I ever need anything!!
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