2009 TXC 450 Shifting woes

haven't had any issues in the past, but this last weekend went for a trail ride and was having a hard time shifting from 1st to 2nd and vice versa. Tried shifting with and without clutch, didn't seem to make a difference. The slower I tried to shift, the harder it was. If I was racing thru the gears, seemed a lot better, if I was casually shifting I would hit neutral between the shift.

My pan is to change the oil and check for debris, any other things I should look for?

You can take the clutch out and check the shifter mechanism the lives behind it. Sometimes the little dogs get a burr that can be polished off or the nut holding it can also loosen up, use loctite if this is the case.

Just to be sure, check the hydraulic fluid, my shifting was acting up and it turned out to be the well documented slave cylinder leak, I refilled and bled the system and all is fine for now. I believe there are also threads in Cafe Husky about the shifting mechanisms getting loose and causing similar problems with the Huskys in your model year.

Not a good sign, went to change the oil and this metal was on the drain plug. I checked the filters and they look clean. I also pulled the clutch front cover) and the clutch/shifting rod looks bent (the rod that pushes the clutch out).

next step, I have never attempted any bottom end work ever (other than clutch plates), I am a little intimidated, so who in Southern California would have do the work, I am out near the riverside area?

FYI thought, further in trouble shooting after working from the outside stuff in....these 450/510 engines use a billet alloy shifter drum. the top tier SM race teams would actually change them out after one race weekend......for us different story of course. Mine went close to 300 hours and still shifted fine but it was worn and replaced at rebuild. The shift forks were perfect with never an issue. do all the easy stuff first of course work your way in.

my next question, where would a I find transmission parts for this one I dig into it? I still prefer to take it to someone if possible.

I went through moto exotica great help for tranny parts
Another thing to look at first the 5mm hex bolt in the shifter/clutch side can loosen up and cause problems
Check that before

well digging into this I found two issues, the springs in the shifter selector are warn, so I am going to replace these, but the metal that was in engines is from the Starting gear, there is a washer that has four ends that bend over to keep in place, three were broken off. Take a look at the pics.

Not sure what would cause this, but glad it isn't in the gears.

Looks like it was spinning and wasn't supposed to.

it certainly was spinning independently to everything else.

Well, there you go. This diagnostic stuff ain't shit.