99 evo "kickback" issue
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5th Gear
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Two unrated issues.
The smoking battery is a charging issue...as stated use the sticky to check.
From the pic of the pinion you posted...looks like a clearance issue from aftermarket parts...seen overseas primary castings do that...ring gear could also be suspect.
1: regardless of mileage it is 18 years old
2: a 12 year old with a cresent wrench could change the mileage on an evo
The smoking battery is a charging issue...as stated use the sticky to check.
From the pic of the pinion you posted...looks like a clearance issue from aftermarket parts...seen overseas primary castings do that...ring gear could also be suspect.
1: regardless of mileage it is 18 years old
2: a 12 year old with a cresent wrench could change the mileage on an evo
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5th Gear
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Thanks everyone for the help, I am going to do as suggested and replace the starter clutch and check the charging system and get a new high quality battery. Ill report back if i ever get it on the road before winter haha. Its nice to see all the people using this forum.. Evo talk is getting harder to come by in a google search its all twinkies and later model bikes.
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Regardless, that "chopped" Softail couldn't have the original speedometer on it anyway, so there's no telling the true mileage.
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The mileage is true! lol I bought the bike bone stock. It has a digital speedo. The old man i got it from was the original owner. I still have the stock speedo and have rode the bike about 100 miles without it.
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Every once in awhile I would get kickback on my bike until one day it chewed up a bunch of teeth on the ring gear and sheared 2 teeth off the drive gear.
Instead of getting a new clutch hub I replace the ring gear and drive gear with a Rivera Primo 10-84 set.
Ever since I put them on I haven't had the kickback.
At least 3 years now I think but I'd have to check my records to be sure.
FWIW I had kickback through 3 starters. I was changing them for different reasons not because they were bad.
Instead of getting a new clutch hub I replace the ring gear and drive gear with a Rivera Primo 10-84 set.
Ever since I put them on I haven't had the kickback.
At least 3 years now I think but I'd have to check my records to be sure.
FWIW I had kickback through 3 starters. I was changing them for different reasons not because they were bad.
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5th Gear
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Every once in awhile I would get kickback on my bike until one day it chewed up a bunch of teeth on the ring gear and sheared 2 teeth off the drive gear.
Instead of getting a new clutch hub I replace the ring gear and drive gear with a Rivera Primo 10-84 set.
Ever since I put them on I haven't had the kickback.
At least 3 years now I think but I'd have to check my records to be sure.
FWIW I had kickback through 3 starters. I was changing them for different reasons not because they were bad.
Instead of getting a new clutch hub I replace the ring gear and drive gear with a Rivera Primo 10-84 set.
Ever since I put them on I haven't had the kickback.
At least 3 years now I think but I'd have to check my records to be sure.
FWIW I had kickback through 3 starters. I was changing them for different reasons not because they were bad.
Dirt don't hurt
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Then I had to drill the holes 1 size bigger so the bolts would go through them.
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Better than mine. My speedo reads "77,000" miles, but it's the third speedometer. I have to look in my log book to see the total mileage, and then it's only approximate, since it was run for an unknown distance with a broken speedo while waiting for a replacement.
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Haha, yeah man i thought it was worth noting as far as the stuff that went bad but i dont care enough to keep track anymore now that i own it and "chopped" it. If i dont end up getting a new street bob im gonna get a baker 6 speed kicker and build up the motor.
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Like my shovel she eats a speedo between 60-70K like clockwork, were on #5 and there's the 2 years I didn't bother running one. 4th motor version in it, grows a little everytime it gets a rework.
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