Left over part
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From: Gulf Breeze, FL
Barneyboy, it IS a lot like that except for the knurl. Even rounded off at the edge like your tool. I have a magnet on a stick but it's old school, about 3/8" OD with no focus ring.
Motojockey, I thought #19 or #20 might be in the running. ( Number19 has to go in from the starter side, despite the picture) Maybe 20 as it shows to be in the outer cover, which I did pull to change the gasket. But both are shown in the Harley manual as being split bushings. IF the HD book was wrong, & IF it was loose in the outer cover bore, it could be the animal.
I'm going to measure the bushing / spacer & see if it might belong in the cover. I sure don't want to pull the cover if I don't have to. (New James gaskets & Amsoil synthetic oil!)
Thanks to all who've taken the time to weigh in on this so far.
Motojockey, I thought #19 or #20 might be in the running. ( Number19 has to go in from the starter side, despite the picture) Maybe 20 as it shows to be in the outer cover, which I did pull to change the gasket. But both are shown in the Harley manual as being split bushings. IF the HD book was wrong, & IF it was loose in the outer cover bore, it could be the animal.
I'm going to measure the bushing / spacer & see if it might belong in the cover. I sure don't want to pull the cover if I don't have to. (New James gaskets & Amsoil synthetic oil!)
Thanks to all who've taken the time to weigh in on this so far.
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Thinking back, did you ever have such a part go missing on a previous job? Maybe it's been laying in some nook or cranny for years, just waiting to get its revenge for being abandoned. I had this happen with a small bolt once, drove me nuts until I remembered having to replace a lost one about a year earlier....
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From: Gulf Breeze, FL
That's good info, Since 1968. I did some snooping over the weekend & found just as you did, that the bushing is "close, but no cigar" in size,, too big. Plus, it is a solid part where both 19 & 20 are split bushings.
As for could it be an orphan: I don't THINK so as my bike shed is brand new last fall, having been built to get the horses out of the carport & protected over the winters.
But that's not to say the part couldn't have come from a tool bag or similar newly introduced source.
But with y'all's help, I'm pretty sure it wasn't left out of the bike when I put it back together. Thanks!
As for could it be an orphan: I don't THINK so as my bike shed is brand new last fall, having been built to get the horses out of the carport & protected over the winters.
But that's not to say the part couldn't have come from a tool bag or similar newly introduced source.
But with y'all's help, I'm pretty sure it wasn't left out of the bike when I put it back together. Thanks!
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Good info Barney....... I thought part #20 was the dowel type bushing to help hold the gasket in place. I forgot about the bushing in the outer primary case for the starter shaft. 
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