Alright 250ES/SX motor gurus..... I need help...

[Thorpe]

Developed a strange shifting issue with my 85 ES after plowing the last big storm... All the gears are there, no strange grinding or anything of the sort, new clutch installed a little while back, good oil, and the shifter pawl is tight on the shaft... There, we will rule out all the common issues. The thing I have developed is difficulty getting into first. From neutral, I have to lift way to the very top of the shift pawl's throw, to get it into gear... Sometimes takes 2-3 attempts. After that, all the gears are totally normal to get into. Just from neutral to first can be a p.i.t.a.... Anyone got any ideas?

[cattle-dog]

i just fixed one for a friend over the summer that ha a simular problem, take off the shifter and remove the side cover it will come off with a little moveing around its a tight fit. there is a stud/pin that screws in to the blck that sometimes brakes off from stress and lets the fork move around making it hard or impossible to shift its actually a easy fix if this is your problem. cattledog

[Thorpe]

Awesome... I will check it out... Thanks cattle-dog!

[MudBug]

I have a similar problem, but going from 1st to 2nd. It gets to be a PITA when taking off...

[skidoo99]

i just fixed one for a friend over the summer that ha a simular problem, take off the shifter and remove the side cover it will come off with a little moveing around its a tight fit. there is a stud/pin that screws in to the blck that sometimes brakes off from stress and lets the fork move around making it hard or impossible to shift its actually a easy fix if this is your problem. cattledog

this happended on one of my sx motors. someone had previousally welded the whole corner piece back in yet it wasnt the best weld and it broke again. ended up splitting the cases and using another case half

[Thorpe]

^^^ Whole corner of what?

[skidoo99]

this is what my case looked like. is this what you meant cattledog?

[ShaneNP123]

I fixed an SX with the problem, the mentioned stud backed out, locking the bike in reverse

[cattle-dog]

yikes !!!!!!!! thats the pin wow man what a mess if you need a good case i know someone who has one cattledog

[Thorpe]

Wow... whoever did that repair, PUT THE WELDER DOWN!!!!

That pin, just replace, and back in business? Whats the function of that pin? Is that pin part #21 in this link?

http://www.bikebandit.com/houseofmot.../m1902#sch9401

[atc500x]

Same probleme solved with the same solution on my SX last year

[bcredneck]

this exact probem is why i got my big red so cheap it will slowly get worse untill it starts goin between gears and then stops shifting compleatly all it was was the little bolt that holds the star shaped gear to the shift drum it took me days to figer that one out i damb near gave up

[cattle-dog]

the shift fork rides on it , its a common problem with a easy fix

[cattle-dog]

yes part 21

Wow... whoever did that repair, PUT THE WELDER DOWN!!!!

That pin, just replace, and back in business? Whats the function of that pin? Is that pin part #21 in this link?

http://www.bikebandit.com/houseofmot.../m1902#sch9401

[Thorpe]

Awesome... Thankyou again cattle-dog! Less than $10 from my local Honda dealer... Cant beat that with a stick!