Looks like I shredded another gearbox!

Hopefully not, and I actually just borrowed that term from one of the stupid tv show.

Well last night I'm cruising my freshly rebuelled 2000 buell blast and got to down shift and the damn bike got stuck in neutral and won't go into 1st but still shifts up fine. Well 1st gear is for prudes so I'm not worried, merely a flesh wound so to speak. Leaving I take off in second and all is well, the bike shifts up and down as normal. Well for the hell of it I try to shift into 1st again, bad idea! Something either jammed, broke, or stuck and now the damn bike is stuck in neutral and won't go into any gear. I have pulled the primary cover and chain guides, tomorrow I'll pull the engine(primary) sprocket, chain, and clutch basket and inspect the shifter pawl. I was just curious if anyone has any tips or advise, I'm hoping I didn't break anything inside the transmission as I don't want to have to split the cases. I now feel that I should have just got a used motor and transmission for 500-600$ because if I have to split the cases I'm not looking forward to what I'll find.

Thanks for any tips or suggestions and wish me luck!

A while back a coworker had a 72 Sportster. Shifter dog or something. The bushing on the end of the shaft ( it may have been aluminum) was worn. I made a bushing out of brass and bored the case to fit the bushing. The work was done on a kathe and Bridgeport mill. Good Luck.

Kathe is idiot for lathe. I was feeding my face.

OK I pulled the primary/clutch basket to look at the shifter, it looks like all is good in the shift mechanism but the gear shifter start thingy won't budge, I don't know if it is the mechanism or an internal breakage. I kind of think I may have broken a shift fork, hopefully not though. I should have gone through the gearbox when I had the bike down but I'm what they call an idiot so I didn't.

I'll keep you posted and thanks for the suggestion Redrabbit.