Kawasaki Mojave The reverse button is broken?

Question

I have a 1996 kawasaki mojave 250 quad and the reverse button that lets you go into reverse doesnt work and there for I just go all the way down for the gear to go into reverse and im surpose to go into 1st gear and twist the button then push down and this is a promblem because anytime while im driving if i shift down i can accidently go into reverse and grind the gears does anyone know why this does this ?? Thank you

Answer 1

There is a stop cam on the end of the shaft. The reverse cable pulls an arm away from it so it will rotate into reverse. You either have a cable that is out of adjustment, a return spring that is broken or worn, a broken can or arm, or just dirt in the works.

Pull the cover off (it's by the sprocket) and replace the bad part and clean all the dirt out. It should take you about a half hour to fix it. Otherwise you risk injury or worse yet, a broken tranny!