Hey guys I bought this '84 125m last winter knowing it was "stuck between gears because the chain fell off" as the seller told me. I figured it was something easy and the price was right so I bit the bullet. I just now got around to tearing into it.
It seems very weird. Taking the right outer case off I can't see anything broken. The symptoms are it won't fully engage up or down from where it is in the shift pattern. It doesn't seem like it's in neutral since I can't turn the sprocket on the engine by hand. But it also doesn't seem like it's in gear because I can start the engine and watch the front sprocket and it doesn't turn.
Below is the video. Watch the upper left corner. The star-shaped thing (it's name escapes me at the moment) never gets fully engaged. In the video I slamming the shift lever both up and down. You can tell which way I'm going by which way the star is turning.
Does anybody know what the problem could be? I really don't want to tear into the tranny; I would rather find a good bottom end for it. I can do top end stuff all day but bottom ends scare me lol.
Thanks,
Rob