trouble shifting into neutral

[twopump78]

need some help... Having trouble shifting into neutral with the bike running clutch pulled in and not rolling. if bike is rolling it will go in easy but when stopped it take a while to get in neutral. It helps a little when i rev the motor but not always.

[Witz]

Odds are that your clutch basket has some grooves in it and the plates are hanging up a bit when trying to find neutral. Revving the motor helps a bit in this case, like you have found.

Depending on how deep the grooves are you can file them down, but eventually the basket will need to be replaced.

[86 Quad R]

i second that. i've also seen a worn push rod assembly cause the same problems. do you have the '89 update kit in it?

[twopump78]

thanks for the help Ill try to look at it this weekend.

[destey]

What type of fluid are you running? ATF type F is best for wet clutch applications such as these. As soon as I switched my neutral problems stopped (I was running an ATV transmission fluid, couldn't get into neutral)

[mxduner]

Originally posted by 86 Quad R
i second that. i've also seen a worn push rod assembly cause the same problems. do you have the '89 update kit in it? x2 on that

[twopump78]

I'm running honda 80 / 85 w tranny fluid same as i run in my cr and other 250r