When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
After you have the gearset out, you will remove the main drive gear.
Don`t tap it out... that can put too much force on the lip on the inside of the case (you will see what I mean once you have removed the gear and the bearing).
Use a puller to remove the gear, you can buy one or make one up using an aluminum or steel plate, a threaded rod, washers and nuts.
To remove the gear you will press it into the case.
Once the gear is out, you can remove the bearing.
First remove the big snap ring, then take a wooden drift and tap against the bearing from inside the case, driving the bearing toward the outside.
The big ball bearing should not be re used.
Be very careful when re installing the bearing, remember that lip on the inside of the case is fragile...
Use a puller to remove the gear, you can buy one or make one up using an aluminum or steel plate, a threaded rod, washers and nuts.
.
Be very careful when re installing the bearing, remember that lip on the inside of the case is fragile...
Lots of heat helps here too....get that inner race to turn brown/blue before you extract the gear and get some good heat on the inside of the tranny case before tapping the bearing out too....actually its way safer to extract the bearing with a puller set up rather than hitting it.
lets see the snap ring pliers you use. where did you get them? my brother in law had a trucking company and he had a huge old pair of snap ring pliers, he sold the place and all the old tools went with it. i should have kept them when i had them.
Lots of heat helps here too....get that inner race to turn brown/blue before you extract the gear and get some good heat on the inside of the tranny case before tapping the bearing out too....actually its way safer to extract the bearing with a puller set up rather than hitting it.
My `89 shop manual actually says to drive it out with a wooden drift..
But I agree that a puller is the best way, always.
Originally Posted by bagga
lets see the snap ring pliers you use. where did you get them? my brother in law had a trucking company and he had a huge old pair of snap ring pliers, he sold the place and all the old tools went with it. i should have kept them when i had them.
I wish someone could post a link to a suitable snap ring pliers for this job...
In the past I used two drifts and and channellocks, until I came across an old tool being scrapped at my job.
Used a pair of large snap ring pliers made for transmissions on diesel trucks (Eaton Fuller) don't have a pic, they are down at the shop and the catsazz with these snap rings on steroids
I believe these pliers are Snap on, but they worked just fine.. Had some big ones at work, but they weren't needed.. I'm also adding some pic's of what I used for a puller, really a simple job, but like everyone warned, take a look at what your doing, if you go the wrong way, you'll break something... Use some common sense.. I appreciate all the support here, got a solution in the works..
Here are the pliers you want, big ones will work but these locking style are the bomb. Got hit in the head with one of those snap rings from somebody with an unsteady hand and non-locking style pliers.
7 Surprising Harley-Davidson Products that Are Not Motorcycles
Slideshow: The bar-and-shield logo shows up on far more than motorcycles, some of the company's most unexpected products have nothing to do with riding.
Slideshow: From the troubled AMF years to modern misfires, these bikes earned reputations for reliability issues, questionable engineering, or disappointing performance.
Crazy Bunderbike Build Looks Amazing, But Is It Impossible to Ride?
Slideshow: The Swiss custom shop has taken a Harley Softail and stretched it into something so long and low that it looks closer to a rolling sculpture than a conventional motorcycle.
Engraved Rebellion: Inside Bundnerbike's Glam Rock II
Slideshow: A standard cruiser becomes an intricate metal canvas in the hands of a Swiss custom house known for pushing Harley-Davidson platforms far beyond their factory brief.
Slideshow: Harley-Davidson's challenges aren't abstract; they show up in dropping shipments, shrinking dealer traffic, and strategic decisions that aren't yet translating into growth.
