RMZ 250 09 stuck in 4th

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 12:37am
G'day,

The young bloke went for a practice the other day and the bike got stuck in 4th. Doesn't matter what I try, it won't shift. He's found a couple of false neutrals in his last race, so I can't help but think this could be related, but sounds like the shift fork is bent/broken.

Anyone experienced this before?
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xnationalwrench 6/20/2011 4:42pm
6/20/2011 4:42pm
When you pull it down be sure to check the pins the shift forks ride on they have been known to bend.
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Hold It On 7/29/2011 2:51pm
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As it turns out, the selector shaft lost a finger, which prevented the shifting. $100 in parts, easy to c/o. The bad news was the oil had brass through it. Turns out all the gears in the tranny had worn the internal teeth round, which explains the false neutrals. $1700 parts and labour, including a re-ring, head check etc, thanks for coming. 140hrs on the bike and this is the second time the tranny has had to have all gears replaced. First time was a detonation of one of the gears which destroyed everything.

Fuckin 09 Suzukis.
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Rob_Miller 8/2/2011 5:31pm
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Hold It On wrote:
As it turns out, the selector shaft lost a finger, which prevented the shifting. $100 in parts, easy to c/o. The bad news was the oil...
As it turns out, the selector shaft lost a finger, which prevented the shifting. $100 in parts, easy to c/o. The bad news was the oil had brass through it. Turns out all the gears in the tranny had worn the internal teeth round, which explains the false neutrals. $1700 parts and labour, including a re-ring, head check etc, thanks for coming. 140hrs on the bike and this is the second time the tranny has had to have all gears replaced. First time was a detonation of one of the gears which destroyed everything.

Fuckin 09 Suzukis.
Ouch.. I have heard of the RMZ250's having tranny problems. I ride an RMZ450, and havent had any trouble with mine. Seems like the 450's dont have tranny problems? I wonder why it is that suzuki had so much trouble with one tranny to the other? I would assume that they are basically the same tranny. But maybe im wrong.

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