My problem continues.....
Did it myself and I'm all done. I finished last weekend. Once I figured out what I needed to put together a install and removal tool I was good to go. Deff. not a job I want to do again anytime soon. I'm still not sure what caused the bearing to fail, but it was shot. All of the ***** and races were pitted and scorn.
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From: Passaic County, NJ
LMAO! You snarfed beer?! Did you feel the burn? lol
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The main thing is keeping the contamination out of the rest of the tranny. Sounds like you did a good job. I have made gear and bearing pullers out of floor jacks with plates welded to them, all kind of "McGyver" style tools. Sometimes you have to make do with what you have.
Advance Auto and AutoZone have loaner tool programs. They have just about every tool you can imagine. Just put a deposit down and you get 100% of it back. Cheaper to keep them and let the deposit go sometimes than to go buy the tools, but I have never done it yet.
Advance Auto and AutoZone have loaner tool programs. They have just about every tool you can imagine. Just put a deposit down and you get 100% of it back. Cheaper to keep them and let the deposit go sometimes than to go buy the tools, but I have never done it yet.
I would guess it's a 6-7 hr. job for someone who's done it before. I just did a few hours here a few there and alot of that time was staring at the bike drinking beer. I did go to my local dealer and asked the service guy if he would rent me the MDG puller and he just kinda laughed. Then the jack hole argued with me that the trans. pulley nut is lefthand thread. Then he looked at me like I was an idiot when I told him I'd build my own puller. What a dick.
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Excellent repair! One thing I would do is maybe flush out the trans 1-2 times with some cheap 80w90 gear oil or even 20w50 motor oil by running it 50-100 miles and then draining before you put the 75w140 in. BTW, you are using a 75w140 or higher gear oil in your trans right?
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From: Grapevine Texas
I would guess it's a 6-7 hr. job for someone who's done it before. I just did a few hours here a few there and alot of that time was staring at the bike drinking beer. I did go to my local dealer and asked the service guy if he would rent me the MDG puller and he just kinda laughed. Then the jack hole argued with me that the trans. pulley nut is lefthand thread. Then he looked at me like I was an idiot when I told him I'd build my own puller. What a dick.
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Excellent repair! One thing I would do is maybe flush out the trans 1-2 times with some cheap 80w90 gear oil or even 20w50 motor oil by running it 50-100 miles and then draining before you put the 75w140 in. BTW, you are using a 75w140 or higher gear oil in your trans right?