Merk

got the rear drive shaft installed with new swingarm bearings. they were completely destroyed. getting the race out was a bit of a pain. We didn't have a puller with hooks going out so wound up using half of the puller with a piece of wood wedge in to keep it holding the race and it worked with moving the hook 360° around while pulling a little at a time. That was after trying to get the dremel and chisel to do it which was useless. One thing I forgot to mention was we never did find the little piece of the gearshift arm that broke off. hope it doesn't become a problem. All said it took my friend and I about six hours together and he did about two on his own. Not all of ours hours would apply but also with two people it helped at certain times. What does a mechanic charge per hour for labor? I know that the Honda dealers here on Long Island would throw you out of the store if you asked them to work on anything older than ten years. I seems a shame that it would almost cost the same to buy another used quad that to get yours fixed if you cant do it yourself. 20230916_185253_001.mp4

Got most of the job done today hopefully. It was the gear shift arm. My friend was able to see it was broken from the oil fill hole. While inspecting it when we got it out, it looks like a defect in the casting. After reassembly it seems to shift fine. Still have to put the rear drive shaft on but was getting dark. Reading the forum really helped with diagnostics. Videos on YouTube for the procedure.

Thanks for the reply. Manual should be here today and will give it a go.

I ordered the hard copy manual. $38 on ebay. Thinking of opening the back cover after labor day and will post pics. Thank again

Thanks for the reply. My friend thought from research it is the gear shift arm but we don't know. Would tou know of any threads on here that discuss this repair? Thanks again

Hello. I am the owner of a 2000 trx400fw. While loading the quad onto a truck the shifter got jammed up and atv would only shift down and got stuck in reverse . While taking it off the truck, we had to forcefully push it to get it rolling and now the shifter is just flopping around feeling unattached to anything. Was wondering if anybody knew where to start to fix it?