6 speed Ultima install
 

Hello,
I have a 95 fatboy. I bought the Ultima 6 speed complete trans for it. I read through the service manual and it say's I need to remove the belt going to the real wheel. That involves removing the rear tire and swing are. Is it possibly to just loosen the rear tire and just move it forward to get the belt off the trans gear? Today I'm removing the clutch and the primary chain, and primary case. Maybe then I'll see why they say the wheel and swing arm need to come off but I'm hoping that is not the case.

Don't believe you remove the belt from the bike, you can just remove the trans from the side and slide the belt from the sprocket, and reverse going in. never had to remove belt for any trans repairs or just replacing the gear set.

No need to remove the belt, just loosen the wheel and slide it forward to put some slack in the belt.

It tells you to do that to get ready to remove the trans from the bike. As you are not doing that the answers above are on the button!

I'm removing the trans from the bike but everyone is correct, just sliding the wheel up did the job. The only problem now is 1 bolt going to the trans that is really hidden by the right shock. I guess that shock has to come out.

Thanks all for the replies. This has been a tough job. I really have the bike taken apart now. Trans is almost out minus 1 bolt. I took pics and bagged and labeled bolts but I still hope I can get it back together. Hopefully the new trans is good and I'm sure it will be worth it to have that 6th gear. The bike really needs it.