1984 Honda VT 500 C Shadow "bent shift fork" Questions

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...bent shift fork in your transmission. To fix it you will have to take the transmission cover off and get at that fork. Replacing the fork is probably easiest, the labor to get to it is the expensive ...

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...bent shift forks. That is a very good thing. If the gearbox has to be opened you would be looking at $1500 to $2000. Checking and fixing it yourself as follows might cost you $20. A dealer would ...

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...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 ...

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...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 ...

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...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

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...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 ...

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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

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...bent my shift arm then when i tried to replace i had to move the clamp piece that goes on the transmission so the rubber piece the connects to the rod the goes down there wouldnt rub against the bike ...

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bent shift fork. Did you strike a small tree on the left side of the bike while riding in the woods? Bumped the gearbox on a large rock? Is the foot shift lever bent at all?.... Replacing a bent shift

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