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So i was riding my fzr the other day and i rev it hard in 1st gear and i tried to shift to second but it wouldn't go to second anymore. so i rode home in first the rest of the way. This has never happened to me before, my 1st and neutral work fine and there are no other problems. I just can't shift anymore. I read the posts and the how to transmission in wiki. I thought it was the shift forks, which i understand is a common problem with fzrs. So i took off the oil pan and took out the shift forks, shafts and drum and put in different ones from another engine i had. The left shift fork had a little wear on it from where i can see where it was hitting something, i guess the transmission gears. When i put in the other shift forks and all the parts i could change the gears and move the bike back and forth but the wheel would lock up. Also there were some small metal shaving in the oil pan, so i think something broke and is caught up in the transmission and preventing it from getting into second gear. Also the (pushrod) i think its called was broken or welded to the cover that goes over the front sprocket. I took out all the shift forks and the transmission should spin freely like on my spare motor but it lock up and then i can spin the other way then it locks up again. The last step im on now is: i took the engine out of the bike and am gonna start inspecting it. The guy i got my spare engine from with 46,000 miles says is works so i maybe if i cant find the problem i can put that one back in for a while..


also my oil light had came on a couple times, but i just put some oil in it so the light went off and it was always hard to get into 2nd gear...
any help please?

There is no good answer here. You could have gotten low on oil, heated something up and... well, bad stuff happens. I would think that you're going to have to pull the motor and start ripping her apart piece by piece.

yeah i guess i have to start taking it apart. Is there any wiki or forums about the rebuild and what gaskets and so fourth ill need to replace?

i would say check in the gears and look for crap stuck in them then i had a mini bike break the roler off the little arm that keeps the gear, on the shift drum star thing and it wouldent shift cause it jammed up also check in the clutch basket for broken things. does the rear wheellock up while rolling it in nuetral or in gear with the clutch in, sometimes weird stuff happens maybe something fell in the chain while working on it and is getting stuck in the gears