shift fork question '80 ironhead
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shift fork question '80 ironhead
c/s gear spacing between 1st/3rd and 2nd/3rd is .026 on both. Supposed to be min .028. Dunno if I need a -minus fork to make spacing more or a plus fork. Doesn't show any variable washers in the book for 2nd/3rd.
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From: Honah Lee
I am sure what you are saying but not 100%. So just keeping your post at top. However. .002 is one sheet of printer paper. I am sure the gear will never miss it. I am looking at a 59-69 Sporty manual and I see .038-.058
In my 86-2003 manuals, Harley says they have + and - .02 shifter forks. So I assume they have 3 choices to adjust with.
In my 86-2003 manuals, Harley says they have + and - .02 shifter forks. So I assume they have 3 choices to adjust with.
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My 86 manual says .040-.080 and is it does not meet that, to fix it with the -.02, standard or +.02 shifter fork. If you bumped it over .020, then you would have 0.048 but the other would loose .020 What would it be.
You must be a machinist to be even able to see/fill .002 with a filler. What is the other side? I know when I set adjustable valves on on modern foreign car, most people would think they are tight but I slide the filler in and turn down screw till it hits and tighten.
Just my opinion but I am sure that is how Harley built it unless other side is way off. Does shift fork look bent or was that shift causing a problem?
You must be a machinist to be even able to see/fill .002 with a filler. What is the other side? I know when I set adjustable valves on on modern foreign car, most people would think they are tight but I slide the filler in and turn down screw till it hits and tighten.
Just my opinion but I am sure that is how Harley built it unless other side is way off. Does shift fork look bent or was that shift causing a problem?
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Lost two teeth on two different gears and it locked up the trans, so I built a trans with Andrews gears. Yeh the FSM is a little cloudy on that, I've got .028 to .058 so with a .20 fork I can toss another spacer on 3rd gear if I need to make more space there. My real quandry is that I don't know if a -.020 or +.020 fork adds gap. Could go either way depending on how they define it...and at $55 a fork hate to experiment.
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Some pictures please. Never see a tooth gone. Just the dogs since the teeth are always meshed. How did you do that? I figured the Sporty expert would see us. I will PM him on this. Here's his gear. Actually whenever i post it, he usually wakes up for some reason...
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There tis. The guys on the xlforums said I was lucky not to destroy the cases when it locked up.
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Not on laptop with my manuals. Appears all gears gre sliding. Do you have the measuring tools to compare them to the new ones. How did that happen?
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From: Honah Lee
Would you be concerned with .002. I sure wouldn't. The fork is going to move it .020 close and add .020 to the other side. They are marked + no mark or - as shown in the manual on one face. I would assume that is the direction.
People say they bend, if so, .002 should be a slight bump in a vice. You don't want to try that if they are cast iron.
Interesting that this was first broken tooth I have see. Here is another..https://www.hdforums.com/forum/milwa...ans-broke.html
People say they bend, if so, .002 should be a slight bump in a vice. You don't want to try that if they are cast iron.
Interesting that this was first broken tooth I have see. Here is another..https://www.hdforums.com/forum/milwa...ans-broke.html
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