Shift, Rattle and Stuck... how bad is it?

Posted by thewheel69 on Jun 13, 2011; 2:22pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Shift-Rattle-and-Stuck-how-bad-is-it-tp3058901.html

Hi all, I have a 74 CB750 and this weekend was passing a car and wound her up in 4th with a very rough and noisy rattle shift into 5th. When I later slowed down and tried to downshift... nothing... in either direction.
The clutch works but its definitely stuck in 5th.

So... how bad is this? I'm going to drain the oil and take of the side covers to see what I can see but in looking at the shop manual, it looks like to gain access to the transmission shift fork, I'll have to take the engine out and apart?

Thanks for any advice on how to proceed...

John