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[bcredneck]

if you got it to pop in to 3rd in you shop your gears and shift dogs should be ok probaey a bent shift fork or a worn shift drum
never try to bend back a fork it will brake of when your ridding and ruin your tranny i fixed a shift drum by adding weld and grinding it back down this only worcks if you know a damd good welder

[the great gazoo]

I had the same problem with my '85 SX, no 3rd gear. I took it(I had to remove the engine) to a small time bike shop & The guy replaced my shift forks. 1st kick, the kicker lost it's gearing & wouldn't park itself. I took it back, the guy "fixed" the kicker & it ran great for 2, maybe 3 rides, then it dropped out again. I said "screw it", I'll live w/ no kicker(after all, if ya have a battery, who cares, right?). I rode pretty hard for 3 years, then 3rd started kind of not catching every time(I thought, "Oh crap, here we go" ), but I let it slide until one day about a year ago it lost 3rd again. I got a trans donor from a board member, but haven't done anything w/ it yet, no time because work's too busy & I just haven't had the time. I'd really like to know what the heck went wrong.
Good luck w/ your SX, I think you'd probably be better of replacing the bottom end/complete engine before handing it over to some one who might not know what he's getting into, TGG............

[rugman316]

I would be interested in the motor matt. If you want to private message me with what you would want for it and shipping maybe purolater or something and we can go from there. As long as third gear works haha. Thanks