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Message: [QUOTE="TexKDX, post: 150309, member: 16276"] Taking it apart? That's EASY. It's the puttin' it back together thing that may present a problem ;) . I dunno. Pulling the top end off the XR250 was quite the chore. Compared to a 2 stroke, man it was 3 times the labor. Typical Honda though, it was simple and straightforward. If you have the time, inclination, a factory shop manual, and some friends that know what they are doing who can help out in a pinch, I say go for it. It is like anything else - tough the first time but doable. I have one friend who buys problem bikes and splits cases all the time. He can tear one down in an evening, figure out what is wrong, order the parts, and have it back together in another evening. He funds his bike habit this way - buy them cheap, fix them, then flip them for a quick $300-$400 profit. Unless you have a good dealer mechanic you trust, what's the alternative? Pull the bullet and ship it to a mechanic you do trust is an option. A cheap plastic cooler and alot of packing paper will do the trick. No peanuts unless all the orafices are taped up though. This assumes you do have the split them to replace the shaft. Lemme check with a Honda technician buddy and see what is involved. When I did the two-fity they let me copy the shop manual since they did not have any type of manual in stock for sale - claimed you never have to work on them Hondas :cool: . [/QUOTE]