2000 Yamaha V Star Classic "bent shift fork" Questions

bent shift fork. The repair is major surgery on the transmission. The entire engine comes apart just to get to the forks. Some special tools are required. The generic diagram below shows how the shift

My 650 classic jumps out of gear...to the gear below and sometimes neutral. this could be severl different things shift detent,shift fork (bent) to your gear dogs being worn

bent shift fork. Tell the jerks to fix it. It is a problem, it is not right, and it is covered under warranty. Tell them you really don't want to get creamed when the bike pops out of gear and doesn't

...bent or shift rod is bent. Bent forks or arm won't allow the tranny gears to slide into position. Must be taken apart, to correctly diagnois, When you shift with your foot, the shift forks slide on ...

...bent shift fork or two. That would require pulling the engine and splitting the center case to replace the forks. Unfortunately the chances that a fork or two has'nt been bent are pretty slim. The ...

...bent shift fork doesn't necessarily look bent. There are three shift forks in the tranny. Replace all three and there will be no doubt as to " did I change out the right fork ". Assuming you have no ...

...A bent fork on the clutch or the internal gear mechanics? The shift fork being bent will affect everything and if it is the fork on the throw out bearing then you are going to be eating

...bent shift fork or two. The forks move left and right to move slider gears to engage into other sets of gears. Don't expect to see the bend in a bent fork. A bent fork looks just like a good one. The ...

...bent shift fork if pushed, will continue to bend. As this happens that gear will pop out at lower RPMs, eventually that gear will not stay engaged. You can continue with a bent shift fork like I have ...

shift whats seems through the gears. When both forks are in place it goes back to only shifting to neutral or 2nd gear. The shifting fork looks perfect, no damage. Ideas? The lower fork is bent. It is