2007 Nomad Shifting

[cocheese72]

On my Nomad, the shift from 1st to 2nd is not always smooth. It is not clunking, it's like the gears are not meshing perfectly, sometimes hitting neutral. Neutral finder works great from stop. If I am in 2nd and down shift to neutral, then back the 2nd, the shift is great. Sometimes it shifts smoothly like the other gears, which is perfect. Down shifting to 2nd is also fine. A forceful shift to 2nd will pop it in, but does not sound or feel like other gears. It is not this way every time, but more times than not.

Could I have an issue with neutral finder, or do others have this issue? On my other Kawasaki, I couldn't hit neutral from 1st when taking off if I tried.