No a genuine Ducati tool.

Bugger, of all the ones I've had apart I didn't recall that cam roller. Feel dutifully arse raped now. :eek:

Thanks for the pic Neil. :D Oh and the Pikey won't be best pleased you calling him Steve either.

I'm okay with Steve. It's my middle name. Anyway, beats what the wife calls me most of the time.

Sorry Andy. ;) better than the ginger dwarf (as you say). :lol:

Flipping heck this isnt easy! Well I've checked that the line / mark thats centrally between the two claws is aligned with the drum pins ( in second gear initially then all the test of the gears) and everything seemed okay. Selections aren't 100% but ghost had advised me the gear changes are best confirmed when moving. I guess my problem must be something else.

Simon What is the problem
as this is contained within my original post about my broken selector arm

I've had problems all year going up the box, esp 2 to third and third to fourth. It's got progressively worse each round. When I saw your post I thought that's exactly the same as me as I'm hitting lots of false neutrals. Had the alt cover off today but the claws look good but I still don't get 100 % correct gear changes ( when spinning the rear wheel) and I am still getting false neutrals. Claw and drum pins seem in line as per Haynes manual in all gears. If I don't spin the rear wheel changes seem good but I've lost all faith and trust in the gear selections mechanics. Not sure what to check next or maybe just change the selector arm anyway.

If you've set the lever assy correctly, then the problem is likely to be elsewhere. Did you check the condition/action of the stopper arm on the clutch side, as advised above? If both of these are good then the motor will need to come apart for further investigation. The gearbox, drum & selectors are pretty robust, but I have seen badly worn & bent selectors and that would account for the problems you describe. My concern would be that you say the problem is getting steadily worse and that would indicate that something is wearing.

Stop tickling it and be positive with that boot. :D

As Phil say's.

Also you won't get good gear changes spinning the rear wheel because the load on the gears (which be very light) is going the wrong, way if that makes sense. The engine normally puts the load on the gears in the right direction. :D
The 996 and the 600 both do it but there's nowt wrong we'em