Hi,

Just joined, tried the search, couldn't find what I needed. So... I'm gonna try askin my Q here.

I am trying to remove my transmission pulley to replace to seal behind it, cause it's leaking. It's a 96 wide glide, with the stock pulley on it.

After getting my 1 7/8" socket from here and loosening the nut, I am unable to remove the pulley itself. It looks like it's getting stuck on the clutch shaft itself.

As you can see from the pics, I have the locking plate, and the allen bolts removed and I am unable to simply "slide the pulley off" like the manual states.

The red arrows in the pics indicate the collar/sleeve on the nut that I am referring to. It almost looks like a internal snap ring.

Any suggestions/ideas are appreciated.

Thanks,

prplglide

 

There is a race on the shaft that must be removed to get the pulley off. I know on the newer bikes there is a special tool for pulling the race off.

 

You have to remove the inner race for the inner primary bearing if your pulling the main shaft first but it requires a special tool or cut it off. http://georges-garage.com/trans_06_up.htm

 

Thanx for the replies, guys! I appreciate it.

Another question: if you cut the nut, which I more than likely won't do, do you still have to remove the race?

 

I would avoid cutting the nut off. Once nut is off the pulley should come off.

 

Last time I had a leak behind the sprocket I had a bad bearing. Here is a thread on the mainshaft issues some have had. Page 7 for pics. Hope this isnt in your future!

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...n-failure.html

 

In the picture, the pulley nut is still installed...you did remove this nut didn`t you?

The arrows are pointing at the threads on the main drive gear, they are what the nut threads onto.

FYI: the pulley mounts onto the main drive gear, there is no part called the clutch shaft.

There are four seals behind the pulley, the big oil seal, the pulley spacer, the quad seal that is underneath the spacer, and the main drive gear/mainshaft seal.

You don`t need to remove the inner primary bearing to get the pulley off, but you will need to remove it if you are going to change the main drive gear/mainshaft seal.

 

That thread discusses 6 speed transmissions, not 5 speed, and besides, it was a BS thread started by a troll.

 

Oops. When the OP said 96 WG I took as 96" making it a 6 speed but you are correct as the nut size on the 6 speed is 2 1/4.

 

While I agree about the troll part, some of us have had issues with the mainshaft.