Transmission Sprocket Locking Tool
#1
08-25-2012, 03:55 PM
Transmission Sprocket Locking Tool
Thought I would post this as it might save someone some cash or aggravation. I needed to replace the neutral switch on my girlfriend's Sportster and the Moco conveniently put it behind the sprocket. I had to make a new tool to lock the sprocket since I left all that kind of stuff back in the States when I moved.
I cut a 2x4 into a triangle and nailed a piece of an old final drive belt onto it. Just a couple small nails works fine because when it wedges in, the force holds it in place more than the nails do. I had to go ask the dealer if they had an old belt that they were going to throw away since I haven't blown a belt since I moved here and surprise, they gave me one. First picture shows the block with the belt nailed on, second shows it in the loosening position, third shows it in the tightening position. (That's assuming that you have a left handed nut. The Moco is making some of them as right handed now.)
Fourth picture shows my homemade sprocket nut socket. It's a 3/4" drive 1-7/8" socket that cost around $11 that I cut the top off of. I welded a 6" piece of 2" pipe in between the top and bottom of the socket. A piece of nylon cutting board cut with a 2" hole saw works as the bushing to save your transmission shaft. I also flipped the socket so that the cut part is out since most sockets are tapered at the end. That way the teeth of the socket extend all the way to the outer end of the socket which is nice because the sprocket nut is pretty thin.
I cut a 2x4 into a triangle and nailed a piece of an old final drive belt onto it. Just a couple small nails works fine because when it wedges in, the force holds it in place more than the nails do. I had to go ask the dealer if they had an old belt that they were going to throw away since I haven't blown a belt since I moved here and surprise, they gave me one. First picture shows the block with the belt nailed on, second shows it in the loosening position, third shows it in the tightening position. (That's assuming that you have a left handed nut. The Moco is making some of them as right handed now.)
Fourth picture shows my homemade sprocket nut socket. It's a 3/4" drive 1-7/8" socket that cost around $11 that I cut the top off of. I welded a 6" piece of 2" pipe in between the top and bottom of the socket. A piece of nylon cutting board cut with a 2" hole saw works as the bushing to save your transmission shaft. I also flipped the socket so that the cut part is out since most sockets are tapered at the end. That way the teeth of the socket extend all the way to the outer end of the socket which is nice because the sprocket nut is pretty thin.
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08-25-2012, 04:00 PM
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02-03-2013, 10:58 PM
Thought I would post this as it might save someone some cash or aggravation. I needed to replace the neutral switch on my girlfriend's Sportster and the Moco conveniently put it behind the sprocket. I had to make a new tool to lock the sprocket since I left all that kind of stuff back in the States when I moved.
I cut a 2x4 into a triangle and nailed a piece of an old final drive belt onto it. Just a couple small nails works fine because when it wedges in, the force holds it in place more than the nails do. I had to go ask the dealer if they had an old belt that they were going to throw away since I haven't blown a belt since I moved here and surprise, they gave me one. First picture shows the block with the belt nailed on, second shows it in the loosening position, third shows it in the tightening position. (That's assuming that you have a left handed nut. The Moco is making some of them as right handed now.)
Fourth picture shows my homemade sprocket nut socket. It's a 3/4" drive 1-7/8" socket that cost around $11 that I cut the top off of. I welded a 6" piece of 2" pipe in between the top and bottom of the socket. A piece of nylon cutting board cut with a 2" hole saw works as the bushing to save your transmission shaft. I also flipped the socket so that the cut part is out since most sockets are tapered at the end. That way the teeth of the socket extend all the way to the outer end of the socket which is nice because the sprocket nut is pretty thin.
I cut a 2x4 into a triangle and nailed a piece of an old final drive belt onto it. Just a couple small nails works fine because when it wedges in, the force holds it in place more than the nails do. I had to go ask the dealer if they had an old belt that they were going to throw away since I haven't blown a belt since I moved here and surprise, they gave me one. First picture shows the block with the belt nailed on, second shows it in the loosening position, third shows it in the tightening position. (That's assuming that you have a left handed nut. The Moco is making some of them as right handed now.)
Fourth picture shows my homemade sprocket nut socket. It's a 3/4" drive 1-7/8" socket that cost around $11 that I cut the top off of. I welded a 6" piece of 2" pipe in between the top and bottom of the socket. A piece of nylon cutting board cut with a 2" hole saw works as the bushing to save your transmission shaft. I also flipped the socket so that the cut part is out since most sockets are tapered at the end. That way the teeth of the socket extend all the way to the outer end of the socket which is nice because the sprocket nut is pretty thin.
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Thought I would post this as it might save someone some cash or aggravation. I needed to replace the neutral switch on my girlfriend's Sportster and the Moco conveniently put it behind the sprocket. I had to make a new tool to lock the sprocket since I left all that kind of stuff back in the States when I moved.
I cut a 2x4 into a triangle and nailed a piece of an old final drive belt onto it. Just a couple small nails works fine because when it wedges in, the force holds it in place more than the nails do. I had to go ask the dealer if they had an old belt that they were going to throw away since I haven't blown a belt since I moved here and surprise, they gave me one. First picture shows the block with the belt nailed on, second shows it in the loosening position, third shows it in the tightening position. (That's assuming that you have a left handed nut. The Moco is making some of them as right handed now.)
Fourth picture shows my homemade sprocket nut socket. It's a 3/4" drive 1-7/8" socket that cost around $11 that I cut the top off of. I welded a 6" piece of 2" pipe in between the top and bottom of the socket. A piece of nylon cutting board cut with a 2" hole saw works as the bushing to save your transmission shaft. I also flipped the socket so that the cut part is out since most sockets are tapered at the end. That way the teeth of the socket extend all the way to the outer end of the socket which is nice because the sprocket nut is pretty thin.
I cut a 2x4 into a triangle and nailed a piece of an old final drive belt onto it. Just a couple small nails works fine because when it wedges in, the force holds it in place more than the nails do. I had to go ask the dealer if they had an old belt that they were going to throw away since I haven't blown a belt since I moved here and surprise, they gave me one. First picture shows the block with the belt nailed on, second shows it in the loosening position, third shows it in the tightening position. (That's assuming that you have a left handed nut. The Moco is making some of them as right handed now.)
Fourth picture shows my homemade sprocket nut socket. It's a 3/4" drive 1-7/8" socket that cost around $11 that I cut the top off of. I welded a 6" piece of 2" pipe in between the top and bottom of the socket. A piece of nylon cutting board cut with a 2" hole saw works as the bushing to save your transmission shaft. I also flipped the socket so that the cut part is out since most sockets are tapered at the end. That way the teeth of the socket extend all the way to the outer end of the socket which is nice because the sprocket nut is pretty thin.
Why the modified socket? Wont a standard socket work?
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11-29-2020, 01:39 AM
Thought I would post this as it might save someone some cash or aggravation. I needed to replace the neutral switch on my girlfriend's Sportster and the Moco conveniently put it behind the sprocket. I had to make a new tool to lock the sprocket since I left all that kind of stuff back in the States when I moved.
I cut a 2x4 into a triangle and nailed a piece of an old final drive belt onto it. Just a couple small nails works fine because when it wedges in, the force holds it in place more than the nails do. I had to go ask the dealer if they had an old belt that they were going to throw away since I haven't blown a belt since I moved here and surprise, they gave me one. First picture shows the block with the belt nailed on, second shows it in the loosening position, third shows it in the tightening position. (That's assuming that you have a left handed nut. The Moco is making some of them as right handed now.)
Fourth picture shows my homemade sprocket nut socket. It's a 3/4" drive 1-7/8" socket that cost around $11 that I cut the top off of. I welded a 6" piece of 2" pipe in between the top and bottom of the socket. A piece of nylon cutting board cut with a 2" hole saw works as the bushing to save your transmission shaft. I also flipped the socket so that the cut part is out since most sockets are tapered at the end. That way the teeth of the socket extend all the way to the outer end of the socket which is nice because the sprocket nut is pretty thin.
I cut a 2x4 into a triangle and nailed a piece of an old final drive belt onto it. Just a couple small nails works fine because when it wedges in, the force holds it in place more than the nails do. I had to go ask the dealer if they had an old belt that they were going to throw away since I haven't blown a belt since I moved here and surprise, they gave me one. First picture shows the block with the belt nailed on, second shows it in the loosening position, third shows it in the tightening position. (That's assuming that you have a left handed nut. The Moco is making some of them as right handed now.)
Fourth picture shows my homemade sprocket nut socket. It's a 3/4" drive 1-7/8" socket that cost around $11 that I cut the top off of. I welded a 6" piece of 2" pipe in between the top and bottom of the socket. A piece of nylon cutting board cut with a 2" hole saw works as the bushing to save your transmission shaft. I also flipped the socket so that the cut part is out since most sockets are tapered at the end. That way the teeth of the socket extend all the way to the outer end of the socket which is nice because the sprocket nut is pretty thin.
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12-01-2020, 08:19 AM
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