Has anyone ever had the problem of there 400ex hitting a "false neutral" upon upshifting or downshifting? Just wondering if it's me or the quad. Thanks.

 

Do you have a false neutral? then it probably is the quad.
i know what ya mean, it happens sometimes. it happened to my warrior before it had a long visit to the shop. hopefully your wont end up that way.

 

MY 400ex has false un-neutrals. in other words it says it's not in neutral when it really is.

 

i think he means jumping between gears when upshifting hard... it happens alot on the 1-2 and the 3-4 upshift.. just shift firmly to make sure it goes in all the way

 

Mine did the same thing, but it was never a big problem. Sometimes it was simpler to go from second down to neutral instead of first and up. It was in neutral and the light was not on. You get used to it, however it was a pain in the rear when you are shifting from first to second and miss and land in no-gear-land. But he was right, if you shift a little harder you should not have that problem.

 

Only time I've had that problem is when initially shifting into first gear while stopped. From neutral, light goes out start to take off but it's still in neutral. There's some 'play' in the neutral area. Upshifting has never been a problem though.