fftrotter
06-01-2009, 11:03 AM
My wife rides a '98 Yamaha Warrior. We were out last weekend on the sand when her shifter linkage broke. We were a few miles out, and stuck in first gear. I swapped quads with her, and rode hers back in 1st gear. Really sucked. I've never seen a quad with such a crappy set up for the shifter. The shift lever isn't 1 piece that connects to the shifting shaft that pokes out from the transmission like every other bike. The lever is about 3 inches longer, and connects to a pivot point on the inside of the left peg. Then it has an arm that drops down and has a short linkage piece that connects the shifter lever to the shifter shaft at the tranny. The linkage is really small, but the linkage is only connected by one little 1/8" pin on either side. One of these pins broke on me. This seems like a really screwy set-up, and was wondering if anyone knew of a 1 piece replacement lever.