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Mystery Plug
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:08 pm
by Deleted User 62
I'm just curious. Does anyone know what the function of this plug is, on the bottom of a /5 transmission? It is at 2:00 in this photo and has a slot for a screwdriver:

Re: Mystery Plug
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:28 pm
by Major Softie
Isn't that where the neutral switch belongs?
Re: Mystery Plug
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:31 pm
by Deleted User 62
No, it's a /5 transmission. Neutral switch is on the back of 4 speeds...
Re: Mystery Plug
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:30 pm
by Duane Ausherman
Thanks for proving that my memory is gone. I used to know.
I sort of think that it is a limiter on some aspect of shifting. I don't mind being wrong. I think that someone will peer inside one and tell us what it does.
Re: Mystery Plug
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:02 am
by Major Softie
Tim Shepherd wrote:No, it's a /5 transmission. Neutral switch is on the back of 4 speeds...
Sorry. I was reading quickly and read it as a 5-speed.
Re: Mystery Plug
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:19 am
by Deleted User 62
Well, I found this is a special "screw" #8, associated with the shift mechanism, most likely just a stop. Notice the other one coming from the top:

Re: Mystery Plug
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:05 am
by ME 109
Duane Ausherman wrote:Thanks for proving that my memory is gone. I used to know.
I sort of think that it is a limiter on some aspect of shifting.

Yeah,

it stops the transmission from shifting into 5th.
They took it out on the 5 speeds.
Mine hasn't got one.
Re: Mystery Plug
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:34 am
by Deleted User 287
ME 109 wrote:Duane Ausherman wrote:Thanks for proving that my memory is gone. I used to know.
I sort of think that it is a limiter on some aspect of shifting.

Yeah,

it stops the transmission from shifting into 5th.
They took it out on the 5 speeds.
Mine hasn't got one.

Oh Jeff - you can make me laugh with the simplist humour! (I'm learning to speak the language in case I get to move over there!)
Re: Mystery Plug
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:52 am
by Garnet
justoneoftheguys wrote:

Yeah,

it stops the transmission from shifting into 5th.
They took it out on the 5 speeds.
Mine hasn't got one.

Oh Jeff - you can make me laugh with the simplist humour! [/quote]
Our bikes are simple, hence the riders are too?

Re: Mystery Plug
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:22 pm
by chasbmw
I think that this is the magic plug, even you play with it you have to open up the gearbox to get everything working again.