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So I bought a primary shaft for an older Evo crank and built this:
I ground down the shaft so the bearings slip onto the shaft and welded a bolt on the end so I could hold onto it enough to tighten down everything like this:
Put the bearings and spacer on, then the sprocket shaft spacer, and then two huge washers and one huge nut I got at Fastenal. Then the tool I made at the top is a 7/8" X 14 nut with some 6" long bolts welded as leverage. Worked great, and proved the Timken kit was not even close with the spacer it came with. I just ordered three different larger spacers on eBay.
Had a nice productive weekend. Got my new bags, Hardstreet Hard Kinger bags. Normally the satin bags are $800 but I got these brand new for $300 on ebay. Upon closer inspection I think I know why. These bags are supposed to be bolt-on to the OEM harley bag mounts. The rear holes on one of these bags was in a different location than the other and would never fit the OEM mounts. No biggie, I was fabricating the mounts anyway:
Had to modify the mounts a bit but they're really solid now.
Also fabbed these up as rear fender mounts, and double as the rear saddlebag rack mount.
And I did some work on the primary. Changed the jackshaft seal and installed the All ***** High Power primary bearing and seal:
According to UPS tracking I'll get my crank back on Tuesday. Using my mock-up primary shaft I got the correct spacer so that install should go quickly.
Also, I know the shifter shaft seal is under this washer of sorts, but I can't find anything about this washer on any drawings or any images online anywhere.
I can spin it, but for the life of me I can't remove it. Anyone ever seen this before?
EDIT: Actually now that I look really close at it there appears to be a ring clip under there. I put a magnet on that disc but all it does is turn.
Last edited by Mattbastard; Feb 18, 2018 at 11:19 PM.
Wow, so 131,000 miles worth of shifting and the snap ring was worn down so far that's all you can see of it. I learned this by pulling the shaft outward a bit. That took pressure off the washer and it all made sense. I worked what was left of the snap ring, then took off the washer and worked the seal out with some drywall screws.
131k on a shift pawl is a lot. make sure you check the splines real good as well as the shift lever that's attached to the pawl. They do wear out and no one wants to go back in when it's this far apart....
131k on a shift pawl is a lot. make sure you check the splines real good as well as the shift lever that's attached to the pawl. They do wear out and no one wants to go back in when it's this far apart....
That's a good point. I should do some research on the wear items in the tranny and do some swappin' while I got things accessible.
Having said that, what else do you recommend checking while I'm in the trans?
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Using my mock-up primary shaft I got the correct spacer so that install should go quickly. 
