250r shifter shaft woes. 1986 model.

[Brockey]

Bought a very clean motor from Ceaserthethird and had it shipped to my end of the world. It was packed in the best you could every pack.
Now I went to pick it up at the post office and they kindly dragged the container out across the floor and I see the container was busted open on the bottom and the only thing that was contacting the floor was thr shifter shaft spline.

So last night I opened up the container and the only way that motor broke that container was a hard throwing around. Very thick padding all over the place. And the shifter shaft is bent.

Very mad with post office. How much trouble to get a shifter shaft and seal? How much tear down ti replace this shaft?

Thxs

[STLTrike]

I may have an extra actually from the bottom end of a 85R. Should work.. I'll double check when I get home today. I "think" its in good shape.

[bkm]

Its been a while since I tore into one of these, but I believe the clutch cover has to come off and its under the clutch basket. It then slides out from the right side. I hope it didn't crack the case because this sucks to hear.

[Brockey]

Well theres no damage outside minus the seal. Inside my fingers are crossed. Hopefully someone has one to sell me.

[Dirtcrasher]

Cut off the outside before you bang it through, it should slide right out. It's not worth damaging the case boss down there......

[ceaserthethird]

Good tip DC

[Brockey]

Good tip for sure. Don't need to add to the damage on my own.

[atc007]

Very simple,remove the clutch cover,, remove clutch,,slides right out that side.

[Brockey]

Thxs for the info. The service manual wouldnt load on my ipad to have a look. Now I just gotta get the parts and pray theres no internal damage.

[STLTrike]

OK just went out and took pics of mine. If you want it. One thing I noticed is it looks kinda mangled.. I;ll post the pics here in a few minutes.

[STLTrike]

Here they are. It looks OK, but the one side is mangled... I took a close up of that. Dont think I would use it. considering how much of a pain it would be to have to replace if it does not not work. But PM me if interested.

[Brockey]

Thxs for the pics. I will keep it in mind. This motor is really clean so I am hoping to find a mint one. Can I still buy them new I wonder?

[rustyhondas]

bolt the lever on and see if it works still. it's not that critical. if it's not leaking or binding , just use it if you want.

you could slip a jack handle over it or something and give it a few nudges to straiten it and throw a new seal on it. it will probably be fine for years

[Brockey]

I can see the gap around the seal. It leaked out the bit of fluid that was in it thru there. I can't see trying to bend it back into shape helping me at this point. Thxs for the advice tho. I believe I am going try running it thru the gears before I buy parts.