So as many of you know on our last trip to the Paiute in June I somehow lost everything but 4th gear. Luckily it happened at the end of day 2 so no biggie. I have 4th gear but when I shift down it goes into neutral (a false neutral) and that's it. Then if I shift it back up it CLANKS loudly back into 4th. Being cheap like I am I decided to fix it myself, plus I like working on the bikes and figured it couldn't be that hard.
Pulled the engine (PIA) then I made my own case splitter once I determined it wasn't the shift assembly. Once I got it apart I found that one of the dogs on the 4th wheel gear on the drive axle is missing. It looks to have scarred the 4th pinion on the main axle as well. Seems weird that just loosing a tooth would shut the transmission down and that one tooth missing would cause it not to shift out of 4th. There is some scratching on the shift fork but its pretty minor. I found the tooth attached to the magnetic drain plug so I know it wasn't lodged in there affecting the shift fork function.
Here are some pics if you're interested. I hope I'm not missing something. Everything else seems to be in working order as far as I can tell but maybe you guys will see something that I'm missing.
I'm going to order the parts. It's expensive, especially since I'm in there I might as well change the top end, clutch plates, and all the misc screws and bolts that are broken or rusty. I'm watching a couple of trannys on ebay and hopefully I can pick up a complete assembly for $70 instead of the $200 it would be new.
Anyways here are a few pics. I'll post more as I assemble and test. I shot lots of pics and a video so I could remember how the damn thing goes in!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3QEhC0tMuc