Problem is, in the big picture of things, there are several places that wear and slop happens, the the result is the sum total of all the looseness. Yes my previous post suggested wear in the exhaust housing where the shift shaft passes through, and yes the “official” cure is a new exhaust housing. But that is such an extreme-case scenario that it is rarely done, people just living with it instead.
Let’s consider the sum total thing: Slop may occur in the following.
The shift shaft as mentioned
Loose lever #24 on the inner end of the shift shaft.
Loose screws in the shift rod connector
Worn cradle on the clutch dog (loose fit in the groove and/or loose fit between the fork and cradle)
Don’t know if this is true or not, but the idea lurks in my brain that there are different lengths of the inner lever #24 and you could have the wrong one (??????)
Advice from here is try your best and if necessary “live with the very common problem”. Most of us have tried to “fix” it with poor results.
