Breganze vs Zane gear selector shaft splines

[piranha-bro2]

Anyone able to tell me whether the splines are the same for Zanes (eg a 668) as Breganzones? ie will a 3C or SF gear lever fit a Zane selector shaft and vice versa?

 

[sfcpiet]

Anyone able to tell me whether the splines are the same for Zanes (eg a 668) as Breganzones? ie will a 3C or SF gear lever fit a Zane selector shaft and vice versa?

No.  But a 500 will. 

piet

 

[Dellortoman]

You can make anything fit if you have a big enough hammer.

 

[Paul Marx]

Shaft is bigger on 750s and triples than 500/Zanes I think.
Paul

 

[piranha-bro2]

Thanks Groovers. Copy that.

 

[ghwallice]

I fitted a set of rearsets to my 3cl last year. I bought the oem Breganze linkage off red, but it was too long. I then stole the one off my 750S which fitted perfectly. refer photo. Regards, Greg

 

[sfcpiet]

Greg is correct, the splines of the Breganze cross-over shaft have the same dimensions as the 500/Zane splines.  The splines on the shaft sticking out of the engine are very different.

The cross-over shafts didn't occur to me, don't like 'em.  Quite needless imho.

piet

 

[redax5]

The cross-over shafts didn't occur to me, don't like 'em.  Quite needless imho.

(congrats) (congrats) (congrats) (goodjob) (bigthumb) (bigthumb) (bigthumb)

 

[chrisk]

The cross-over shafts didn't occur to me, don't like 'em.  Quite needless imho.

piet

For some, r/h gear change is like undoing the buttons on a shirt of someone of the same sex ........ That doesn't sound like how I meant it to, but you get my shift drift 

 

[piranha-bro2]

Innaresting ... so the 'don't fit' still stands.

BTW, I had to finish the 1978 Castrol 4-Hour at Wanneroo on the Hartley Motorcycles 1200 Laverda in 3rd gear ... why? Because the stupid fukken crossover broke!

I know how some people struggle to swap left to right, but when you work in a moto workshop 5 days a week, you test ride everything and eventually just get used to it - bit like going from the Skoda to a Jap/Oz car ... indicator stalk? Right or left?

 

[sfcpiet]

Well, the "don't fit" still stands for 500/Zane clamps and levers vs. Breganze twin and triple shifter shafts.

Have only ever ridden one Laverda with a proper working cross-over gear shift.  This was a home-brewed effort on a 750, well thought out and excellently executed.

piet