WickedFog
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I assembled the 2-speed transmission in our Ryft, and after test running just the motor and trans assembly, it wouldn't shift right. SobI tore it apart and reassembled it. It wasn't until I tore it down the third time that I found the problem. I was baffled, and ready to chaulk it up to a bad part, or bad design. But I tore it down completely this time, piece by piece, and then I found I had the shift fork in backwards.I was watching a video last night about the same kit I have. I knew I did something wrong. And I did something wrong. I had the motor mount on the wrong way and that's why the center diff did not stay in place and the bearings kept falling out. Good thing I caught it!
The shift fork was a completey symmetrical part except for a counterbore on one side that the shift arms recessed into. I had that shift arm on the wrong side of the shift fork. Had I not decided to unscrew that arm from the fork, I would never have found my error.so yeah, it happens. Especially when the build manual does not show proper views, or designate that seemingly symmetrical parts are actually non-symmetrical.