Is there a reason you are going to remove the inner primary cover?

 

ok one issue I see - the spud for the comp sprocket is still on, and for what ever reason they never relieved the hole locations ( you cant ) but the bolts in the alt drum with the spud on

 

On those older bikes the stator cannot be removed without removing the inner primary.

 

thats correct inner has to come off .what a pain.to make a tool i would use a hollow pipe the same diameter as the seal with one end blanked off so you can hit it.as i said use a good sealant

 

looking on the bright side with the inner primary off, you will be able to replace the crank seal ,the transmission seal,the bearing plus seal transmission sprocket if it needs it,check all your oil pipes, check the condition of the wiring between the oil tank and the frame.Then you get leak free, hassel free riding !!

 

Hi SoCal: Luckily for me, once I realized the shaft extension isn't bolted on or anything, I wiggled it a bit and it slid right off.

 

johnjzjz: You said: "they never relieved the hole locations ( you cant ) but the bolts in the alt drum with the spud on".

By "spud" do you mean the shaft extension? If so, I realized it wasn't bolted on and just popped it off yesterday. However, I'm not sure what you mean by "relieving" holes.

It looks to me, once I get the inner primary cover off, I'll be able to remove stator rotor/cover by screwing in a couple bolts and pulling, per Geezy's suggestion. Is that correct?

 

Geezey: This may be blasphemy, but I can't help but notice that HD could have ever-so-slightly enlarged the front portion of the inner primary cover to make it possible to remove rotor with inner still in place and change the seal without removing darn near everything on the bike except the horn. This is turning in to one of those projects that requires four hours of taking stuff off to spend 5 minutes replacing a seal. Groan...

 

Some people have all the luck!

 

They figured that out on the later models.