gear selection lever

[tiogajoe]

Hi,

Just got my 4 seater on Friday and have put only about 25 miles on it. I notice that the shift lever is hard to move beteween gears once in awhile? Most of the time it's no problem at all but sometimes I have to jiggle it around to go into gear? I t could be that it just needed to be broken in? Anyone else notice this? :?:

 

[Admin]

 

[Bobbo64]

Picked up my 700-4 Thursday. My wife and I have put around 25 miles on ours also. Yes sometimes I have trouble with the gearshift like you. Can you hear the gears in yours clinging sometimes and do you feel a slight vibration at low speeds every now and then? Maybe I just need to drive it a little more. Other than those few things I am loving it. Worked this weekend building a winch mount for mine, not that hard to do. I didn't want to pay $250.00 for a mount kit and besides the winch kit mounts will not be out till next month.

 

[red4life]

70 miles so far. Same gearshift deal here.

 

[Hondasxs]

Ya. I have trouble too sometime. but only from R to N.

@Bobbo64 Got any pictures of the winch mount? Post them on the winch topic please.

 

[BigRiver]

Same here on going from Reverse to Neutral. I found that if I shut the engine off then start agin, it will shift fine.
This happens on first start up, after it runs awhile, I haven't noticed it happening.

 

[brando4905]

Same on mine, I just figured it's a break in thing. Doesn't seem to happen once warmed up good.

 

[Gator]

I did a search and came up with this old post. My 2016 P700-2 has this problem. Very difficult to shift into forward or reverse. I've even forced it the shift lever from neutral to the forward position and the trans isn't shifted. This concerns me. Has anyone found a solution?

 

[Tflynn]

My only advice is to tell you that you can't shift these things gently or slowly, and be sure you're at a complete stop. I have experienced what you are talking about too but I've found if you move the lever abruptly and deliberately it "thunks" into gear every time. I hoped this would get better with time but after almost 2500 miles I think this is just how it is.

 

[TimmyBoy84]

When I picked mine up I was told to press down on the brake peddle harder and it makes shifting into gears easier. I've actually noticed that it helps.

 

[Gator]

When I picked mine up I was told to press down on the brake peddle harder and it makes shifting into gears easier. I've actually noticed that it helps.

This is interesting. I'll try it. And I'll try shifting faster (harder).

 

[Tflynn]

This is interesting. I'll try it. And I'll try shifting faster (harder).

Any luck?

 

[Gator]

Any luck?

I'm out of town working. I 'll go home tonight so I'll get to try this over the weekend.

 

[roadturtle59]

I did a search and came up with this old post. My 2016 P700-2 has this problem. Very difficult to shift into forward or reverse. I've even forced it the shift lever from neutral to the forward position and the trans isn't shifted. This concerns me. Has anyone found a solution?

I sprayed silicone spray from inside the Pioneer right on the shift levers and the linkage. It fixed mine. I soaked it.

 

[Tflynn]

I sprayed silicone spray from inside the Pioneer right on the shift levers and the linkage. It fixed mine. I soaked it.

Nice I'm going to try it!