Recent content by philodendrin

Yes, the worm gear bearing is there.

Adjusted the clutch at the lock nut and screw (under opaque window) and still no luck. Made sure the push rod ball was there behind the rod at the seal I replaced and it is... Clueless as to what I did to cause this to no longer shift. Clutch engages and I can ride the bike in one gear...

I am not completely sure... no. Actually, while I was changing the seals, I left the cover perched/wedged against the exhaust and the bike and at some point it came unwedged, hung by the cable for a minute ...and then the cable came out and the cover fell off. All of which was no big deal and I...

The bike was in neutral and I went to shift down into first with the engine running and the tire on the ground.... no different than if you were stopped at a light. Pretty normal stuff. It would only shift up. While diagnosing the issue, I had the bike on its center stand and rocked the rear...

I was fixing some oil leaks on my wife's 81 XS400 over the weekend. Replaced the neutral switch seal and a clutch push rod seal. I followed the advice in this post When I took the side cover off, it was pretty gunked-up from the oil leak, so I removed the clutch cable and degreased the whole...