250-500cc WR 250 transmission oil

Sounds like you have the dogs in wrong. I can't give you anymore i fo than that without having he bike in front of me.

Here's a picture of the shifter cog's, This was taken with just the clutch basket out. You can see one bolt with a allen head. I take it this is not the bolt that comes lose since earlier discussions concluded that the shifter assembly has to come apart. Can some one point out in this picture where that bolt is located? Thanks in advance.. Steve

You can barely see its half covered by the shift mechanism. See the half circle in the center of the shifter is the allen.

Thanks, thats great.. gotta love C/H.. great bunch guys here always willing to help a fellow rider : )

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Thanks for the picture, I think I see wear I went wrong on my installation.

I removed the shifter linkage which exposed the allen headed shaft. Used an allen socket and found the the shaft to be tight. So during reassembly does the power/exhaust valve have to be timed? I didn't see any timing marks on the gears. When I lifted the case half off, the power valve set up just fell off to the side. It looks like I just have to set it back in place and line up the ball and stud linkage?? That left outer case half was a bit of a donkey to lift off.

For my '11 wr300 my dealer recommended Maxima MTL Fluid 80wt. I've only got about 100 miles on the bike so far (just got it two months ago) and no issues have surfaced yet. Starting in gear is possible, but a few more kicks are usually needed than when in neutral. Also, when the bike is cold, in gear, and not running, the clutch is not completely disengaging with the lever fully pulled in; hence, I'm not able to push my bike around w/out the engine turning over. My '01 cr500 is also like this, and I run the standard honda hp trans oil 80w/85w. Does everyone else's bike behave this way???

You don't have to do any timing on the PV. Just get it back together right.

Yeah, most every bike I've ever had acts that way.

+1 on motorheads post!

It a Euro bike the clutches just drag on them. Its like a trait of a Euro bike. They are getting better. I use ATF and swap it out after each race.And will start in gear when hot if you boot it hard.Also shifts under a load well with the ATF.