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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 01:41 PM
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I was curious why my 1st gear is out on my 85' lt250.Does anyone know why and what it takes to fix? Any help would be great.Thanx guys.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 01:51 PM
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which LT250 do you have?
 
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 01:55 PM
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Its a 85'LT-250 R Suzuki.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 02:07 PM
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Exploded view
Possible shift fork prob?
can you still start out in second?
 
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 02:19 PM
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Yeah no problem starting in 2nd.The rest of the gears seem fine.Just downshifts to neutral.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 02:33 PM
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I just posted a link to this thread in the "drivetrain" section.....hopefully one of the trans gooroos will see it! good luck
 
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 02:41 PM
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If 2nd gear still works, you've likely got a stipped gear. The shift fork stiil moves te gear to 2nd so its not that.

Get ripping it apart to know for sure.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 02:55 PM
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Thanks.I'm gonna wait to rip it apart to see if someone knows exactly where to start.
 
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 12:52 AM
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You won't know where to start until you rip it apart. If it everything works BUT 1st gear, you have a transmission problem, and its nothing but 1st gear you need to look at.
 
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 01:14 AM
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[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img]so do I have to split the case?Sorry I only ever had to do top ends on this bike.
 
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