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Old 18 Jan 2011
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Smile 1976 xt500 Need Help

I have a 1976 XT500 that ran great until a few weeks ago,when i shift to what I believe is first gear its fine but will not go into 2nd gear only makes noise will go into 3rd,forth and fifth.I am hoping this can be fixed without splitting the cases.Pulling the clutch cover off and checking the other end of shifter shaftdown below the clutch..any advise?. Thank you
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Sounds like a bent selector fork or a worn dog on 2nd gear. It's an engine apart job I'm afraid!!!
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1976 xt500 Need Help

Thanks Tom, I have been trying to find out about this for a while spent a lot of time on the computer,I thought their was a lot of good old boys that were into the xt500 1976 but your the one that came back.I was afraid that would be the answer.Now I have to decide if I want to try to fix this.Thank you for the help.
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