ATC110 shift question

[jbmatt]

I just acquired a 85 110. the shifter seems to work ok but it has a lot of play in it before it shifts. I mean it moves 2 or 3 inches of floppy free play. What would cause this. I thought I would ask before tearing it apart.

[tri again]

I just acquired a 85 110. the shifter seems to work ok but it has a lot of play in it before it shifts. I mean it moves 2 or 3 inches of floppy free play. What would cause this. I thought I would ask before tearing it apart.

good that you asked.

Lotsa people slam on them like some sort of power trip, man over machine.

Those things need the pressure of 2 TWO fingers to shift
It is a splined shaft that is pinched by that 10mm headed bolt on the shifter itself.

When the splines wear, you almost can't tighten them enough and you do not want to break that little bolt.

I asked this same question yesterday on a new trike I got.

Everyone said to run a hacksaw thru the pinch space to give it more room to pinch but I was luck enough to find another one.
20 bucks at a junkyard and a million dollars at the dealer so they say.


Thank god the shifter is softer metal than the shaft.

yea, its really nothin to mess with

I actually got so aggravated with the kids and other monkeys around here that I turned the shifter around so i had to be shifted by hand.

That kept them from STOMPING on it

good luck

[jbmatt]

The shifter is attached well to the shaft. The shaft is moving a lot and not changing gears. i was hoping it was something simple that you guys would know that I don't. I guess it's time to open it up. What to look for? Shift fork?

[Dirtcrasher]

Think about it, the drum rotates and tells the fork to go right or left........

Sooooooooooooo, the play must be within whatever rotates the drum.

Take off the rt or lt cover and look/watch the linkage and you'll find a loose bolt, broken spring, broken pin etc etc.

It's rarely an internal "tear the whole motor down" issue, very rarely...............

All a fork does is engage one gear or another, if you've taken a few engines apart you'd understand what I'm saying. Its your link to the drum that is probably flopping around somehow. Take it apart and figure it out.

Please ask for a manual from a member, there almost all on PDF files by now.......

Post the results too :beer:

[jbmatt]

Thanks for the advice. i will take the right cover off tomorrow and post what I find. I just got the manual. I just picked up these two 110's for $200. They both run but like this have a few kinks to be worked out. Thanks for the help.

[tri again]

Thanks for the advice. i will take the right cover off tomorrow and post what I find. I just got the manual. I just picked up these two 110's for $200. They both run but like this have a few kinks to be worked out. Thanks for the help.

2 fer 200?
Thats how I got hooked, got 4 for 300 about 10 years ago2 90, 1 110 and 1 185
EVRYthing was wrong between all of them but sure learned a lot and got them all to work.

I'm now using 250's for farm work but have an old 90 up on the workbench 'cause they're so simple and little and will drag a full sized pickup

I 'hid' 2 110's in the barn for after I'm gone for future barn find.

Fixing them is like *&%#@% computer games.

Getting the computer to work is part of the game.

Hope you have someone interested in helping and learning how to fix these things.

My daughter can fix almost anything with a butter knife and a coffee cup because of these trikes.

[jbmatt]

Found it. The shift shaft was sheered off at the splines in the clutch side case cover. Took off the cover and the splined end fell out along with a snap ring that I cannot find where it goes. i ordered a new shift shaft and that dang tool needed to take the clutch off. I hope to put it back together this weekend and find where that snap clip goes.

[jbmatt]

I replaced the shift shaft that was broken AND bent. With the new one installed the shufter is acting properly, however, the drum will spin but I can only go between fourth and third? How do I get the pins out of the drum to check them?