Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
1985 Crankcase reassembly Question
dieselcamper01:
I hope this does not seem like a dumb question but I am in the process of reassembling my motor. I took it apart a while back because I could not get it to shift past 2nd gear. I replaced the two shift forks still available and I will be replacing the springs in the shift mechanism. I am at the point of putting the two halves together but I honestly don't know how all this is really supposed to work before I do that. I guess what I am saying is I don't really know if it is shifting through all the gears. My manual also says to have it in neutral for assembly and I am not sure how to tell when it actually is in neutral.
My manual is the factory KX500 not a Clymer.
dieselcamper01:
Wow. I cannot believe no one has an answer to this. I thought for sure someone could relay an easy way to tell where neutral is.
kkvslayer:
I wouldn't really worry about it being in neutral but there should be a index mark somewhere on the shiftstar to line up with your linkage,with your tranny installed into the right side case turn the shift drum with your hand and make sure you see the gears changing,if all looks well slap the cases together,Thats what I always did on my CR5's Havn't been into the bottomend of a kx yet though,For all the knowledge on this site I don't understand why this question wasn't answered long ago seems like newbies get the shaft around here :| BTW No question is a dumb question,better to get it right the first time then tear it apart again
sandblaster:
I have never re-assembled a Kx bottom end but I have seen it done.
I am looking at my Clymer and it tells you exactly how to do the re-assembly step by step as well as gives you some really good pics.
If I were you I would invest in a Clymer.
dieselcamper01:
Thanks guys. I will see what I can come up with for a different manual. I did have someone else say just slap it together also. It may come to that. LOL
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