Is it only when shifting out of Park? That may be because you're parked on an incline. to solve that just rock your bike back and forth a little.Sometimes it is very hard, sometimes it is easy, anyone got any tricks to solve the issue of hard shifting. Do you all have hard shifting at times, or all the time?
I respectfully disagree :|Just tap the throttle when its hard to shift.
If you are referring to shifting from park to H, L or R, tapping the throttle and then letting it rev back down before shifting will loosen it up. I guess I should have been more clear that you let it rev back to normal before shifting. I have owned a grizzly, rhino, Viking and now a Kodiak and they all do this. Very normal .I respectfully disagree :|
If you do that you will damage your transmission and possible the clutch components. Only shift with engine at idle speed!
if it’s difficult getting out of gear just give a little throttle and move a couple of more inches. Apply the brake so there’s no load on the transmission and change gears. Works for me.Just a follow up. Today I pulled into some deep snow and forgot to put it in park. When I went to start it, I could not get it out of Low. I did rock it hard by lunging forward and backward with my body and finally got it to come out of Low. It goes into Park easy when it is running, and that is the time to put it there.
Removed the cable from my 2016 Grizzly runs from the bottom on the left brake lever, down by the steering shaft around the top of the engine to a elongated nut behind the exhaust. Under the headlight loose the cable and remove from the brake handle ( after removing plastic) feed the cable down and out to right side of bike. Loosen off the lock nut at the back of the elongated nut until the spring pushes the nut back. If your is stuck use a good sized drift or screw driver to drive the pin out. Now your shifter will work better than ever. I see no practical use for this lock pin your grooves beside your shifter do the same thing. Very poor design works great until it gets dirty rusty or wet. Which is every time you use it in Canada anyway. Still starts in gear with the foot brake depressed and all other functions are the same.Wow, this is interesting, anyone got any thoughts on this? I will try this and see what I think.
That is a very interesting solution, I hope we have others weigh in on this as I see it as a good thing! Thanks for the feed back!Removed the cable from my 2016 Grizzly runs from the bottom on the left brake lever, down by the steering shaft around the top of the engine to a elongated nut behind the exhaust. Under the headlight loose the cable and remove from the brake handle ( after removing plastic) feed the cable down and out to right side of bike. Loosen off the lock nut at the back of the elongated nut until the spring pushes the nut back. If your is stuck use a good sized drift or screw driver to drive the pin out. Now your shifter will work better than ever. I see no practical use for this lock pin your grooves beside your shifter do the same thing. Very poor design works great until it gets dirty rusty or wet. Which is every time you use it in Canada anyway. Still starts in gear with the foot brake depressed and all other functions are the same.