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buda74
I was riding home tonight, and when I went to shift into third gear it wouldn't. I stopped retried and it still would not shift. Downshifting is no problem. I then looked at it, and realized the shifter isn't coming back up, so the rest of the way home I would have to lightly push down the front of the shifter in order to shift into higher gears. Does anyone have any clue to what is happening, and how do I fix it?

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buda74 said:
I was riding home tonight, and when I went to shift into third gear it wouldn't. I stopped retried and it still would not shift. Downshifting is no problem. I then looked at it, and realized the shifter isn't coming back up, so the rest of the way home I would have to lightly push down the front of the shifter in order to shift into higher gears. Does anyone have any clue to what is happening, and how do I fix it?

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You need to disassemble the shifter pivot and clean/ lubricate it, and possably the joints in the linkage.
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