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Fort Collins, CO, USA
Edited Date/Time
1/25/2012 8:56am
Greetings all. I have been lurking here for months and you all have inspired me to restore my 1980 YZ 250G that I have owned since 1982. One of the best bikes I have ever owned and It's time to give her a little TLC.
It's been mostly sitting for the past 15 yrs and still fires right up with a little fresh gas. The main problem I have is that it won't stay in neutral . My plan was to split the case and go through the tranny, thinking it may be a bad shift fork, however before going that far I have removed the clutch and flywheel and checked the shifter assembly pins and cam etc. it all looks good and it shifts and stays in neutral flawlessly while spinning it by hand, so I am now thinking that there may be no need to split it. Does anyone have experience with the 250G transmission? Should I put it back together and hope for the best? or keep going and go through the whole tranny?
Any resrtoraton advice is welcome. I still plan to do the piston and rings, reed valve, carb, front forks, brakes, seat cover and plastic. Pics to come.
It's been mostly sitting for the past 15 yrs and still fires right up with a little fresh gas. The main problem I have is that it won't stay in neutral . My plan was to split the case and go through the tranny, thinking it may be a bad shift fork, however before going that far I have removed the clutch and flywheel and checked the shifter assembly pins and cam etc. it all looks good and it shifts and stays in neutral flawlessly while spinning it by hand, so I am now thinking that there may be no need to split it. Does anyone have experience with the 250G transmission? Should I put it back together and hope for the best? or keep going and go through the whole tranny?
Any resrtoraton advice is welcome. I still plan to do the piston and rings, reed valve, carb, front forks, brakes, seat cover and plastic. Pics to come.
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