Retaining Ring in Cam Chest?
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From: sheboygan
Any update on how this worked out for you with fixing this problem. Im literally dealing with the same issue in thread:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...tra-glide.html
Any advice on what you did to fix the issue would be greatly appreciated. Im interested too in if you replaced the race. I just re-set mine back where it should be. Im waiting on the bearing and the retaining ring that seem to be so impossible to find anywhere.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...tra-glide.html
Any advice on what you did to fix the issue would be greatly appreciated. Im interested too in if you replaced the race. I just re-set mine back where it should be. Im waiting on the bearing and the retaining ring that seem to be so impossible to find anywhere.
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From: NV
The pictures in your thread do look familiar.
I needed new fly wheels. When I realized the bearing race wasn't in the proper place on the shaft I pulled the engine and took it to a shop for machine work. The shop discovered that the shaft on the cam side was bent and it caused the bearing race to walk on the shaft.
I have an engine rebuild thread going here: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/evo-c...evo-build.html with more information. The engine is back in the bike but I don't have it running yet, other things keep coming up.
I needed new fly wheels. When I realized the bearing race wasn't in the proper place on the shaft I pulled the engine and took it to a shop for machine work. The shop discovered that the shaft on the cam side was bent and it caused the bearing race to walk on the shaft.
I have an engine rebuild thread going here: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/evo-c...evo-build.html with more information. The engine is back in the bike but I don't have it running yet, other things keep coming up.
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From: sheboygan
The pictures in your thread do look familiar.
I needed new fly wheels. When I realized the bearing race wasn't in the proper place on the shaft I pulled the engine and took it to a shop for machine work. The shop discovered that the shaft on the cam side was bent and it caused the bearing race to walk on the shaft.
I have an engine rebuild thread going here: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/evo-c...evo-build.html with more information. The engine is back in the bike but I don't have it running yet, other things keep coming up.
I needed new fly wheels. When I realized the bearing race wasn't in the proper place on the shaft I pulled the engine and took it to a shop for machine work. The shop discovered that the shaft on the cam side was bent and it caused the bearing race to walk on the shaft.
I have an engine rebuild thread going here: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/evo-c...evo-build.html with more information. The engine is back in the bike but I don't have it running yet, other things keep coming up.
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From: NV
I don't know why you couldn't check the flywheel assembly while it's still in the case, put a dial indicator on the snout and roll the engine over by hand to check the run out.
Of course, you'd still need some way of getting that bearing race returned to the correct position on the shaft if the flywheel is true.
If you do decide to check the runout I'd pull the primary down and check both sides.
Of course, you'd still need some way of getting that bearing race returned to the correct position on the shaft if the flywheel is true.
If you do decide to check the runout I'd pull the primary down and check both sides.
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From: sheboygan
I don't know why you couldn't check the flywheel assembly while it's still in the case, put a dial indicator on the snout and roll the engine over by hand to check the run out.
Of course, you'd still need some way of getting that bearing race returned to the correct position on the shaft if the flywheel is true.
If you do decide to check the runout I'd pull the primary down and check both sides.
Of course, you'd still need some way of getting that bearing race returned to the correct position on the shaft if the flywheel is true.
If you do decide to check the runout I'd pull the primary down and check both sides.
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The pinion shaft may not be bent but the flywheels might have shifted on the crankpin . Check the pinion shaft runout with a dial indicator.
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From: sheboygan
I just checked the runout at the end of the pinion shaft and it was 0.018. Doesnt sound horrible to me but I have no idea what the shaft runout tolerances are supposed to be.