Hot Tip For Zero Owners Using Gbs Quickshift

[Guest merc190provan]

I was travelling along about 70mph one day last summer when a horrific noise with lots and banging and clanking came from my propshaft just after i had changed down from 5th to 3rd. i took a close slip road off only to find i was stuck in fifth gear. Managed to limp home with an awful smell of clutch !! Upon inspection it was found that one of the pins that secures the linkage knuckle on the quickshift had fallen out due to the securing O-ring breaking !! The bottom half of the linkage had fallen into the spinning prop, breaking of the grease nipple and bending the linkage !!! A lucky escape really as a lot more damage could have been done !! A small piece of heat shrink and voila !!

Edited February 5, 2013 by merc190

[Guest hootsno1]

I have just fitted my shifter tonight I will be in the garage in the morning and adding some heat shrink thaks for the heads up

 

Mark

 

[Guest rwh]

I fitted a GBS quick shift 2 years ago with no problems. However, I will be checking it to see if anything has come loose.

 

Bob

[Guest tom-zero]

is that on the mt75 or type 9 ?

 

thanks

[sj-bradley]

I think that's only the mt75 as the type 9 goes straight into the box.

 

Simon.

[Guest merc190provan]

It is for the MT 75, just a precaution Bob as it has happened.

[Guest rwh]

Yes it is the MT75 type. Thanks for the heads up

[Pete Mar]

You know I looked at those two rubber rings and thought if they go hard due to heat they will split and the pin will drop out. I took the rubber rings off and lock wired mine I place.

 

Cheers

Pete

[sj-bradley]

Hi,

 

I think that design has been changed as I don't recall two O rings with mine. More like a 3/4 spring clip with a pin through it. More like the Euro symbol €

 

Simon.

[David S]

Hi,

 

I think that design has been changed as I don't recall two O rings with mine. More like a 3/4 spring clip with a pin through it. More like the Euro symbol ¤

 

Simon.

That is what mine is like. It was a bugger to get off when fitting the quick shift so I think it should be ok. Will take another look next time the tunnel top is off.

[ac01]

Thanks for this post checked the O rings today as I had the tunnel top off. Both rings brittle and were ready to split and fall off. Replaced with new ones and heat shrink added for the extra piece of mind.

Edited October 5, 2014 by ac01