my tranny got to where it was hung n a gear a few weeks ago on my 400ex, i pulled the motor(which involved takin a torch and cuttin the bolt that went thru the swingarm & motor)split the case & found a broke spring on the shifter shaft (problem found ,good deal) i put it back together &still not right & today the honda shop told me i couldve just pulled the clutch side & took the shifter shaft out & not split the case.i may have got the stops out of line & may have to split it again(its fun learin the hard way , aint it)

 

wow, that sucks. but you learn more from your mistakes they say

 

If your talking about the spring circled in red then yes the cases must be split to change it...

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yep thats it , but they told me that u can take it out with out splittin it , & after i got to thinkin bout it , its got a cut out section n the case and if u can get the return spring off u should b able to take it out the clutch side

 

i just went & looked @ mine & i dont c any way of doing that , i think ill just split the case again