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Aug 31, 2005 | 02:09 AM

thesprocket26

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np205 twinstick mod problem

So I'm working on my 2nd twinstick mod for a np205 tcase. I have the shift rail out and acess cover off, but found out that the fork that slides the collar back and forth over the toothed splines has slipped off and I cannot get it back on. Does anybody know of a trick to slide the fork back onto the collar? With the shift rails pointing up and looking in through the access hole the collar is at the bottom position and the fork is above the collar. I hope I have explained this ok. If I need to post pics I might be able to tomorrow. Thanks.

Matt

Aug 31, 2005 | 02:25 AM

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I'm not 100% sure I got what you're saying Matt, but: The fork should slide into that collar and then will need to be rotated by hand so you can get the shift rail to slide through it. If you leave a small screw driver in the roll pin hole I believe that will keep the fork from moving but if you forgot to do that it will have spun 180* when you removed the rail. Reach through the PTO port and you should be able to position it right to get the shift rail back through. If this isn't what you're asking post up pics and we'll get it figured out.

Aug 31, 2005 | 02:27 AM

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The fork moved and slipped off the collar. It is pretty tight in there and I can't seem to put the fork back on. I didn't use anything to hold the fork in place and that's when it slipped out of socket. Dang.

Aug 31, 2005 | 03:53 AM

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keep trying to slide it back onto the collar with a coat hangar or something small, otherwise the only other option is to take the case apart. But just keep trying, if it fell off, it should go back on just as easily.

This happend to me during reassmbley but I got lucky and it fell back into place after tilting the case on its other side.

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Aug 31, 2005 | 11:15 AM

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it happened to me as well, i ended up tilting the case up on a step, and somehow got two hands in the case to get it repostiioned...it is by no means easy

Aug 31, 2005 | 11:32 AM

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I'll try tilting the thing on its side today. It is so close to sliding back in but it seems to get wedged in there every time. Next time I'll use something to hold that sucker in there. Thanks for your help.

Aug 31, 2005 | 12:02 PM

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Yup, I was trying to be carefull when I did mine but it happened anyways. Things shifted, and it was either stop the fork from sliding off or grabbing my beer before it fell off the worktable....reflexes took over and you can guess which tragedy I instinctively averted

Anyways, it WILL go back on, but it will be frustrating. I think it took me twenty minutes of swearing before I got it just right. Its all the angle of the dangle and being patient.