Can't find neutral

[Guest]

So it seems the hotter the bike gets the harder it is to get the bike into neutral, shifts fine through all other gears though.
And it's not just with the bike running, even after i turn it off it's real hard to find neutral.
What could this be?

[Glyde]

Try putting the bike in neutral before you come to a complete stop.

If stopped, or you leave the bike in gear while parked, pull in lever and roll the bike slightly while shifting to neutral.

[Guest]

Are you low on Tranny fluid?

[Crocodile56]

Loose linkage? Bad race in tranny on shift arm?

[BigWorm]

first thing i'd do is change the oil to inspect for debris, which bike is it it?

[trobbins]

adjust the clutch its drading a little not releaiving pressure off the trans

[toorglide]

and worse case you may have a slightly bent shifter fork (worst case)

go to synthetic oil (heavy)

do what robbie and ted said first tho

[Guest]

Ira the dyna, I'll check tranny fluid today, I don't see how I'd be low since it don't leak none, i just changed all the fluids in may. Also i just changed the primary cover and I used Dino-oil instead of synthetic this time, Maybe I should go back to synthetic mobile one?

[Monk]

Over filling the lower case can cause exactly this issue.
Didja add some oil lately..?

[doorgunnerjgs]

I read somewhere else that this is a common problem. I have it on my 2010 Dyna also. The rocking slightly helps me when I am having more trouble than usual. I almost always have to come up from first to neutral but that is probably my clunky feet.

[Guest]

Well I put on all new oil a week ago, I thought it was about right, filled it to the bottom "notches" on the clutch.

[BigWorm]

is the clutch hydraulic or cable, if its a cable i'd adjust either way and see what happened, if its hydraulic could be in the master cylinder or actuator inside the transmission, or is the actuator outside like my vrod was, if it was in front of me i could diagnose the problem but i don't know what i'm working with here.

[vlade]

shift linkage aint loose is it? wallerin the spline shaft etc

[Guest]

It's cable clutch, it goes fine today when it's cold, it takes about a hour for it to get tough. Shift linkage is fine.

[BigWorm]

does that mean it can sit and idle for an hour and start having problems or does it have to be rode. in traffic or open rode? have you missed any gears hot rodding or anything that wouldn't be "usual" operation.