Shovelhead Inner Primary Help
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It will work you don't use a bolt in by the drain plug location. all the gaskets today come 9 hole but are backward compatible. My druthers, I'll run an older over the later webbed cover any day of the week.
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I understand that but I wouldn't want a 9 hole outer cover missing a screw and of course they added the screw hole because it was dumb of HD to not have a fastener in that location to begin with. I would look for a 9 hole inner if I had a 9 hole outer rather than go backwards to an 8 hole complete setup.
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Thanks for the info, that's what I needed to know. I ended up finding a used inner primary on ebay, and I ordered it.
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I understand that but I wouldn't want a 9 hole outer cover missing a screw and of course they added the screw hole because it was dumb of HD to not have a fastener in that location to begin with. I would look for a 9 hole inner if I had a 9 hole outer rather than go backwards to an 8 hole complete setup.
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Last edited by TwiZted Biker; Dec 17, 2024 at 08:31 PM.
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That rim is just a stop for the bearing, if the rest of the rim is still solid, run it. Just don't put the new bearing in with a sledge hammer and knock out the rest, but even that won't be the end of the world if the bearing is a tight fit it should stay put.