gearbox strip

[desmo]

hi everyone, any thought welcome. in the process of restoring a cl72,the engine is out, seized pistons & barrells removed, oil pump out,clutch basket & primary chain removed. i havn,t split the cases yet.
The question is after restoring quite a few difrent bikes the gearbox does not rotate backwards i have never really noticed on previous jobs, it feels like a sprag clutch, it makes no diffrence if it,s in a gear or neutral, the kickstart shaft rotates ok & drives the mainshaft. can this be normal? i think not,but everything looks ok,i can see into the box & gears loo ok, it means if in gear with the cluth pulled in you couldn,t move the bike backwards!!

[desmo]

cmon has anyone stripped a gearbox down?

[desmo]

cmon has anyone stripped a gearbox down?

[rustywrench]

Sure have , many times. Not too sure how to evaluate your problem from here at this point. Splitting the tranny is not a big deal, go slow, do not forget the two nuts on top side and then show us pics of the guts and anything you do not understand. A shop manual is highly recommended. Rusty