Komakai Okane
XS650 New Member
Hi folks, there's an existing forum thread on this topic but it's a minimum of half a decade old and I have a few additional questions. The bike is a 1981 XS650 Special II.
To start the process, I understand to do the following:
1. Remove the rider RH & LH foot rest/ bracket assemblies.
2. Remove the shifter and brake foot levers.
3. Remove the RH and LH engine side covers.
4. On the LH engine side, remove the e-clip & washer from the shifter shaft that's right up against the oil seal.
5. On the RH engine side, remove the clutch basket assembly.
6. Disconnect/ remove the spring on the shifter shaft pawl.
Questions moving forward:
1. Before removing the shifter shaft from the engine, must the transmission be in a specific gear, or must it be in neutral?
2. Do all the transmission pieces inside the engine case stay in place when the shift shaft is removed?
3. Is it as simple as pull the old shifter shaft out and push the new one in - and nothing inside the engine cases falls out of place and then requires splitting the cases to repair?
Thanks for reading this far - Todd.
To start the process, I understand to do the following:
1. Remove the rider RH & LH foot rest/ bracket assemblies.
2. Remove the shifter and brake foot levers.
3. Remove the RH and LH engine side covers.
4. On the LH engine side, remove the e-clip & washer from the shifter shaft that's right up against the oil seal.
5. On the RH engine side, remove the clutch basket assembly.
6. Disconnect/ remove the spring on the shifter shaft pawl.
Questions moving forward:
1. Before removing the shifter shaft from the engine, must the transmission be in a specific gear, or must it be in neutral?
2. Do all the transmission pieces inside the engine case stay in place when the shift shaft is removed?
3. Is it as simple as pull the old shifter shaft out and push the new one in - and nothing inside the engine cases falls out of place and then requires splitting the cases to repair?
Thanks for reading this far - Todd.
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