Having hard time splitting cases.
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Road Warrior
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Having hard time splitting cases.
I've got it ready to come apart, and have given it a few decent whacks w/ a rubber mallet. She's not budging. Any tips/tricks?
BTW, The sealer is clear and very elastic. I read that the factory sealer is grey and firm. So my cases have been apart?
BTW, The sealer is clear and very elastic. I read that the factory sealer is grey and firm. So my cases have been apart?
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From: la la land jerzey
its a lot easyer to remove the right side from the left / as the pinion bearing L/S is not attached to the cases its held in place by the pinion
hold the sprocket shaft L/S firmly alloy vise shield and work the left side with the rubber hammer / you will have to give it some good ones to brake the seal - i have seen the clear used by harley -- jz
hold the sprocket shaft L/S firmly alloy vise shield and work the left side with the rubber hammer / you will have to give it some good ones to brake the seal - i have seen the clear used by harley -- jz
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If your problem is just that the gasket goo won't break then run a Stanley knife round and cut all the strands.
Other than that use heat and with a rubber mallet, tap all around the joint.
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The bushing stays in the case when it comes apart, you need to pull all them things off first...
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From: la la land jerzey
you should re think doing this job what ever it is as special tools are needed
not long ago we had a guy use a torch to remove the pinion nut Y he did not know it was a left hand thread
take it to somone you think will do the right thing -- my take -- jz
not long ago we had a guy use a torch to remove the pinion nut Y he did not know it was a left hand thread
take it to somone you think will do the right thing -- my take -- jz
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Road Warrior
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Service manual says pinion nut is right-hand thread.
I don't want to "think" it's done right, I want to know it was.
I'm not trying to be a dick, I just want to know how to work on this bike from A to Z, and very few people are going to take as much care with your stuff as you will.
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I wouldn't be afraid to take my bike to HarDlife! If you're too chickenshit to work on it, take it somewhere. I'm chickenshit, I'll take my bike to HarDlife, he's someone I could trust.