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Bandit Good news/Bad news
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I found the source of the annoying rattle fron the front end of the
bike. The RHS bar-mirror is rotating but when I touch it with my
finger it stops and so does the rattle.
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Are you Timo's alter ego, or something?
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He hasn't layed eyes on this one yet.
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The knuckle of my gear selector 'fell out' last week and yesterday
started it full time and did it no less than three times on the six
mile journey to work.
The gear selector attached to the foot peg connects to that long rod
so when you push the pedal down or up it changes gear.
There's a knuckle on the back of the gear selector pedal that goes
into the round rubbery bit on the rear end of the rod which now falls
out.
I took it apart at work today and can't see anything missing, but
there is something that I assume was rubber in there at one point and
a round washer (although it could equally be described as a circle
wire) which isn't quite continuous anymore.
I went to Alford Brothers during my lunch today and described what was
happening and they informed me I'd need a new gear selector unit as
the bit I need that goes on the knuckle isn't available separately and
it would cost me about £39 new including VAT but excluding fitting.
I haven't ordered it yet, but it's due for a service in a week or so
anyway but do you have any suggestions as to what is missing from what
knuckle joint thinger? Is it just a piece of rubber?
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