I recently copied this from the Rincon Riders Forum which has a wealth of knowledge in such matters if you use the search facility:- SELECTOR CABLE ADJUSTMENT (I guess the pages and paragraphs refer to the Service Manual). Remove the following: - fuel tank and head guard plate (page 6-39). - left engine side cover (page 3-17) Loosen the cable lock nuts fully. 12-15 SUB-TRANSMISSION/GEARSHIFT LINKAGE Turn the ignition Operate the selector lever several times and shift switch ON and the sub-transmission into neutral. check that the neutral indicator comes on at this time. LEVER Make sure that the selector arm A stops at the center (neutral) position when setting the guide rod of the lever into the center (neutral) groove in the selector gate. Turn one of the lock nuts until it touches the cable holder while holding the cable. Then, turn the other nut in the same manner. Be sure the nuts are seated on the cable holder and tighten them together to secure the cable. TORQUE: 26 N m (2.7 kgf m, 20 Ibf-ft) Check that the selector lever operates properly. Install the following: - left engine side cover (page 3-17) - head guard plate and fuel tank (page 6-39). 12- Hope that in conjunction with your video, helps someone in the future.

Life saver. Thanks for taking the time to post this fix.

Glad you got it fixed. I’m sure it will be more of a pleasure to use now. Sometimes the worst thing about fixing something is finding exactly what’s wrong.

thanks for posting the vid. I love how easy yours starts. I have the exact same machine and mine is one hard starting, cold blooded bastard.

Thanks for the video. Just recently had trouble with mine going into drive after it warms up. Nice to see how all that linkage works before getting in to it.

I want to thank you for posting this video. As you mentioned most of the other feeds were suggesting much more expensive and labour intensive solutions. This saved me a lot of time, money and aggravation! My bikes never shifted this smoothly

This fixed the issue

Thank you Thank you!

Muchas gracias desde mexico, funciono para una Honda rincon 680 2007, excelente

Thank-you I have an 05 Rincon, and have been putting up with that reverse noise for sometime.. I also had advice from a Honda shop.. I’m gonna attempt to adjust the cable and I’ll let you know how it goes..

On with it!

Just wanted to get an update if it was a permanent fix? I'm having the same issues currently.

How many miles on atv? Thanks for the video.

Ah...dont think I want to get into stripping it down like that. But I will save this video just incase it gets to a point of annoyance where I fix it. Mine wasnt as bad as yours. Its a 2007 Rincon 680. Sometimes when i try to shift into reverse it does the grinding sound but then if I put it in neutral or drive and "shift with authority" it goes right in. But normally I dont have too many issues from it. Its very minor. Its kind of like the new modern day refrigerators making so much noise and that being "normal" now lol.

My gear shifter is stuck in neutral. But i was having the same issue going into reverse before she went into stuck mode. Think its the same culprit or would you suspect something in the tranny?

Mine does it on forward and reverse. Do you think this will help mine ?

Would this cause it to not shift into drive too? Our farm quad has been sitting a few years because of this and it used to run and drive fine do you think this is what it might be? It goes in reverse fine and a repair shot told us it would be a expensive fix as well…

It's as easy as that? I've been planning to take it apart and see what's inside and try to fix it. This sounds too good to be true. I'm going to try this thank you for taking time to post this. Could it be that the cable stretches over time and sends the alignment out

Will this work on 680??

Nope not a fix for me. All the nuts on the cable were tight. I took the linkage off the shaft that goes into the block and operated it with a pair of vice grips. It did go into gear but not without some grinding. One thing I noticed was that the rotation on the shaft was more than what the cable traveled. Somehow would that need adjusting?