Transmission woes.

[BA80]

doing it on the centerstand, gravity helps it stay where it goes.

If you don't mindlaying on your back with oil and parts falling in your face.

Flipping the bike is the most comfortable way but hanging it is the next best in my opinion. Being an automotive tech I can say with some knowlege that the more room you have to work the better job you can do.

Why work on a vehicle on jack stands when you can lift it over your head?

just sayin'.

[trbig]

??? I've just always split the cases and checked everything else out in there while I was at it. Probably not the easiest option, but I've never had to cuss once to get the gears back in.

[BA80]

??? I've just always split the cases and checked everything else out in there while I was at it. Probably not the easiest option, but I've never had to cuss once to get the gears back in.

Except at the drain/fill plugs......

[Yard Dogg]

I hate splitting cases. Even on a dirt bike and those are simple. I'll avoid that like a plague. I had a KX250 that I overhauled and that case was a pita! I don't know why, it was real straight forward, but things just didn't want to line up and stay put. The end result was well worth it though.

[trbig]

Yeah, if you've never done it, splitting the cases can probably be a bit daunting, but it's pretty straight forward with these also. Heck.. they even number all the bolts for you like a dot-to-dot to let you know what order to take off/put on.

[DGXSER]

If you don't mindlaying on your back with oil and parts falling in your face.

Flipping the bike is the most comfortable way but hanging it is the next best in my opinion. Being an automotive tech I can say with some knowlege that the more room you have to work the better job you can do.

Sheesh Greg, go buy some big girl panties so yours are not in a bunch all the time.

It's not like I said the cetnerstand is the best way to do it, or your way was bad, just stated the obvious fact that for the purpose of getting the shift forks to stay in place on the shift drum, gravity helps in that position.

[BA80]

Sheesh Greg, go buy some big girl panties so yours are not in a bunch all the time.

Speaking from experience there Don?

If you want to do it that way, do it that way.........just sayin".

[GoRacers]

Seems to me that holding the forks in place and sliding the gears in would be a 2 beer patience overhaul, then it might go good.

Keep some stiff wire and stick magnet handy to hold things in place.

I pulled the engine and set it on my work bench, so I had all the room I needed

[BA80]

Keep some stiff wire and stick magnet handy to hold things in place.

I pulled the engine and set it on my work bench, so I had all the room I needed

Good advice. A straightened clothes hangar works well to keep the forks in place.

[crazy steve]

One disadvantage to flipping the bike upside down is if you drop anything inside the motor, it can disappear into the dark recesses of the motor and be impossible to fish out... DAMHIKIJK...

[BA80]

Where's it gonna go Steve?







I would suggest pulling the oil pan before flipping it so all the SMALL particles of metal that may be in there don't get up in the top end.

[crazy steve]

Where's it gonna go Steve?.

Greg, I had a shift fork get away from me (oily part/hands) and it went out of sight up into the top end (not sure just what route it took, but I think it went through the hole for the crank-to-trans morse chain). 'Stuff' does happen.... I had the motor on an engine stand, so I simply spun it over and bounced it until the fork fell out. Not so easy to do if the whole bike is upside down....

[Yard Dogg]

I'll probably do it on the center stand, seems like a lot of work to flip it over. I'm going to do it in my shed to keep things from blowing in there and there's not enough room for anything else.

[bikerphil]

Instead of the centerstand, I use jack stands under the rear of the aluminum passenger foot peg brackets. Height is then adjustable and the centerstand is not in the way in the area you are working. They are angled a bit so I use a piece of old inner tube on top the jack stand so the bike can't slip off. My 2¢.

[Rasputin]

This thread shows my one man flip and other interesting stuff from the second gear fix. I used the forum's fix it thread and followed it and it was not that bad. The we flipped Trdriver71's bike and did it the same way. Now I have an engine removal system and a motor rotisserie so I will do it that way. Hope the link helps.

http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31895