Warrior shifting problems

[jtyler1998]

I just recently put the cases back togather on my 1998 warrior. I took it apart to get washers that had fallen in before I got it. The case halves went togather easily and everything seemed to be ok. then I put the clutch and all gears back on following the clymer instructions. The problem is, after putting the engine back in and hooking the shifter up I cant get it into neutral and the shift shaft doesnt catch on the shift star in all gears so it only shifts into a few gears. I dont know if it is just because theres no oil in it or what. It just doesnt seem right to me. I still have both side covers off as well as the top end. I would like to know if there is any thing that could be wrong that would cause this?
Any help is appreciated, thanks

 

[elwood]

is it in foward or reverse? if it's in reverse it wont go into neutral, not sure about missing gears

 

[bones]

is it in reverse by any chance this is the problem a had when i put mine back together only took me an hour to find out what the problem was

 

[ag2560]

Did you mix up your shift forks ?

 

[jtyler1998]

Well I went out and hooked up my reverse lever and it was in reverse. So I put it in forward and that seems to have fixed my problems.
Thanks for the help guys.