1992 GSXR 1100 Clutch PROBLEM.

I have a 1992 Suzuki GSXR 1100. This bike is totally a headache, I have
so much problems with this bike because the previous owner did not take
care of it. I just ran into a problem one day. The gear is stuck in one
gear and bike will not shift. The shift pedal moves a little, but dose
not change the gear. I don't know if the cause may be that my little
brother was switching through the gears a lot while bike is turned off.
I don't know what to look for but i took apart the whole clutch
assembly, even the clutch basket. Then I found the one of the paws is
broke (circled in red on the image) Can this be the problem why its
stuck in one gear and not shifting? I ordered that little paw from the
dealer which runs around $4.00. But before i start putting everything
together and closing it off, what can i test to see that there is no
other problems with shifting? Circled in green is the rotating
mechanism, is there a special way I can make sure that piece is working
correctly? Please give me some advice on how to go about solving this
problem. Thank You and i appreciate all comments and advise.

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It seems that somebody was really kicking the shift lever too hard in
order to force power shifts.

The broken pawl that you are referring to is part of a sort of
ratcheting mechanism that can rotate the shifter drum in either
direction and then let go of the drum. The detent mechanism hold the
drum in gear or in neutral.

If you go to www.partsfish.com and register, you can look at diagrams
of the internal parts of the transmission, includung the shifter drum.

It's possible that the detent mechanism that holds the shifter drum in
the correct position to be in gear )or neutral) is jammed up. The
detent mechanism is probably an arm with a roller on the end that rides
in and out of the valleys on a star-shaped wheel on the shifter drum.

There are shifter forks that slide the gears sideways to engage and
disengage the shifter dogs. The shifter dogs are square blocks of metal
on the sides of the gears that slide into slots on the gear next to it.

You may have a bent shifter fork from the rough shifting, or the nubbin
on the end of the shifter fork that follows the groove in the shifter
shaft may be jammed in the groove.

A sliding gear may even bejammed far to one side from rough shifting.

If you have problems with the shifter drum or the shifter forks or the
gears, you'll have to remove the engine and split the crankcases.

But, before you do that, I recommend that you put the motorcycle on a
pit stand with the rear wheel off the ground and work the shifter lever
with your left hand while you turn the rear wheel back and forth with
your right hand.

If you're lucky, the shift mechanism may become unjammed.

 

Thnax for the qucik reply, the ratcheting mechanism seems to move back
and forth. So do you still think its jammed? How do i know that its
jammed than?

 

If the racheting mechanism turns the shifter drum almost in a full
circle while you work the shifter lever and turn the rear wheel with
your other hand, the shifter drum isn't jammed and you should be
getting all the gears.

You can't see the end of the shifter drum turning if you're working
from the left hand side of the motorcycle, you'd have to go around and
look. Maybe you can mark the end of the shifter drum with a pencil to
see if the drum is turning?