just farting around in the back yard....put it in reverse and now its stuck! only got like 4 hours on this machine....its the semi h pattern....any ideas ...linkage seems fine...anyone else had a problem like this?

 

sometimes helps to put it in reverse and goose the gas and it'll pop right out!

 

I had my sportsman do this last week, pull both linkages off at the shifter and then it will free up. What happens is that it tries to go rev. and low at the same time and jams up

Chris

 

Chris, same thing happened to me about 2 weeks ago. Like you said, take the linkage off at the shifter and it corrected the problem. Larry

 

k ...i l run out and try this...snowing like crazy out there!

 

k...now i got it off and it didnt move at all....the shifter moves...but the link coming out of tranny wont move at all.......im friggin pi#@ed now...4 hours on this stupid machine and its screwed already...just glad it didnt happen in the middle of nowhere....but this leaves me with another problem as there is no way to get it out of the yard in reverse ! never mind get it in the truck and to the dealers!!

 

Ahhh, don't ya love it. I had the same problem with my 03 about 3 times already in a year. It's a touchy adjustment, it has to be just right. Or at least thats how mine has been. Just keep turning on the linkage until she pops out, that should do it.

 

same deal here, unhook the linkage...you'll be able to fool with the pins to unjam it.......then get everything in its place and hook it back up....i carry the proper wrenches with me on the trail in case it happens again
my 04 400 sportsman had about 20 hours on it when this happened.....ever drive in reverse for 3 miles on the trails?????....its wild

 

ok...i got it fixed!the box had no oil at all in it!!!supposed to come with oil in it from the factoryi took the whole shifter box of and took of the top it was dry!some one on anotehr web page said to check for oil....and it had none...guess they over looked it...whoops!so after i added some oil and jiggled it around for about 45 seconds it freed up ...put it all back together and it works no problem!
so now i got 2 10 mil. wrenches in the tool kit under the seat... i could only imagine driving that far in reverse kushman!if this ever happens again ill have it fixed in under 2 mins!so much for riding today ...but i did learn a little more about my machine!!
thanks for your help guys!

 

Kushman, the first time it happened to me my father in law was out riding in about 10 inches of snow. He had to drive backwards for about 3 miles with the reverse override button pressed because the snow was that deep! I think I finally have the adjustment perfect, though. And, by the way, he was my father in law before it happened. My marriage may have turned out differently had it been the other way around!