Gear change lever sticky problem- really confusing

Posted by feltzo on
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So my baby has always shifted smoothly, no problems going up or down.
The other day I got a proper starter button hooked up, and immediately the starter reduction gear blew up, so it looks like I'll go without that for a while.
I took the side covers off and cleaned it out, and the elbow-shaped gear arm that connects to the gear change lever pinion became dislodged, I got it put back in the right place, shifted through the gears with the cover off, everything was good.
But then I got it gasketed up with liquid gasket (a temporary fix, don't worry) and tightened it down. The next day I tried to take her out and then it wouldn't shift at all. I took off the cover, looked fine, tried shifting with the cover off, and it worked great.
Now here's the confusing part to me: It shifts fine until I tighten the screws on the cover. I noticed that with all of them tightened, the gear arm is sticky and doesn't shift down well or at all, but if i loosen the one or two screws nearest the gear lever, it shifts just fine.
Anybody have any idea what's going on with this thing? It just got nice here in MN and I wanna take her out. Thanks.