Feronius

To get labor cost right I would get to another nearest garage explaining what work needs to be done and getting printed quote. All work should be done within one hour including tea and biscuits. Did your bike was picked up by them ? If so, ask them if they charged for that, but as I said go to another garage first ,then after that you'll have better Idea of how fair your garage is calculating fee.

hey Grouch , dont wory about that broken bit inside,may be it is already out with the old oil, if in doubt get magnetic sump plug and a litre or two oil to drain. You can ask your garage to do it before you sit on your bike shifting gears on the way home.

Hi all, my xt had similar ratling sound when on second gear, I took the right side engine cover where the oil filter is and discovered small metal bits which indicated that something is wery wrong so last Wednesday I removed the engine for surgery,I am currently at the point where everything is off apart the flywheel for which to remove I need to get flywheel puller to take it off and than separate the crakcases. Will put some photos later. One thing I learned it is very time consuming, first because some bolts are nightmare to losen, second you will most likely find something unrelated to the cause of engine disasembly like in my case cam chain guide(flywheel side) half melted and looked living its last days. Grouch I hope you wont need to get that far and in your case it will be simple gear change mechanism.