RichardCA

My thanks to everyone who posted. I've replaced the spring and put the pin back in with red Loctite. Took the bike out on a couple of test rides last week and I'm ready to go to the national rally in OR this week. I'll look at adding some of the suggested improvements this coming winter. Richard

To Start: I'm not very experienced as a mechanic. Recently I began having shifting problems on my 2001 V11 Rosso Mandello, which I've owned for about 4 years. Suspecting an issue with the pawl spring and having a spare spring that came with the bike, I pulled the cover off the gear box following directions I found on this forum. The existing pawl spring was deformed when compared with the replacement. I replaced the spring and put everything back together, but I have this left over small metal tube that I fell off onto the bottom of the gearbox when I removed the cover. Looking at pictures in the manual as well as a few pictures on this forum, it appears to have fallen out of hole in the pic below. I see evidence of a prior attempt to cement this tube in place. I also note that I cannot simply push this pin back in, I would need to tap it in with a mallet. Is it correct to just tap this tube into place within the hole? How do I prevent it from falling out again once I've put the cover back into place? Is this even the original part? Finally, a few years ago I heard that someone on this forum was making a heavier replacement spring. Is this true? Where would I go to get one? Thanks