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Old May 4, 2023 | 09:44 AM
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Have 60 Panhead with original motor rebuilt and transmission with aftermarket Chrome primary sick of marking my spot and trying to figure out Solutions
 
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Old May 4, 2023 | 10:08 AM
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If the inner or outer primary is made by Lifetime, throw it out and get an OEM one.
 
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Old May 4, 2023 | 10:49 AM
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I'd be thinking belt drive and turn of the oiler. Reroute the crankcase breather.. Buddy did that to his 61 pan.. I'm a total newb to the lasted stuff for pan primaries tho..
 
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Old May 4, 2023 | 11:47 AM
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As mentioned above go to a belt and modify accordingly. Will it be leak free like the venerable and highly sought after Twinkie? No.
 
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Old May 4, 2023 | 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by hellonewman
As mentioned above go to a belt and modify accordingly. Will it be leak free like the venerable and highly sought after Twinkie? No.
there aren't primary chains made at all that are either wet or have to be bathed right
 
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Old May 4, 2023 | 02:27 PM
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No primary o-ring chains but it would be nice if there was, I would toss the belt and go with a chain like that.

The downside to going dry is the clutch hub bearing is now running dry and greasing it will only lead to the grease leaving the bearing once its spinning. The bearing is only in use when the clutch is pulled in and some will claim to have run theirs dry successfully since before I was born but a bearing is a bearing and if it's run dry long enough it'll fail. That said I have three pans with belt drives but they aren't my daily ride.
 
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Old May 4, 2023 | 03:55 PM
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One would hope that going to a belt drive primary that the clutch could be changed to a later style dry clutch with a sealed bearing..
 
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One would hope that going to a belt drive primary that the clutch could be changed to a later style dry clutch with a sealed bearing..
Im not sure if the transmission shaft would accept the new clutch hub, someone else here could answer that.
 
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Old May 4, 2023 | 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by hellonewman
Im not sure if the transmission shaft would accept the new clutch hub, someone else here could answer that.
Looked at Primo and BDL. They use the stock inner hub / stock plates.. It's a keyed, tapered shaft. I'd expect that it's possible to make one tho.
 
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Old May 4, 2023 | 05:08 PM
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We 8 mm belt or 11mm belt kits to all most all the restos we do as the oil is the thing that makes owners crazy BUT we use a PCV type valve on the vent hose we add and its a different system

if you use the red alto clutch discs and the steels with out the ball and spring Note you can remove them if your steels are good < at 70 years old - anyway

a slip in Barnett dry clutch unit OR ALIKE does the job with very little clutch effort being a diaphragm type

 
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