The sporty battery cables are a little short, the ground cable is no more than it takes to hook it up.

I went with fatboy cables. Removal/install went a lot better.

JonMon

 

I did my wife's starter last week. I bought a used one from pinwheel cycle (ebay) for 46 bucks. I ordered the gaskets (starter and primary cover) from Amazon. It's an easy job, no need to worry about it.

Drain primary oil.

Loosen the clutch cable at the adjuster. You may or may not have to remove the cable from the cover depends. On my wife's bike, a 1993, you dont.

Loosen primary chain tensioner.

Loosen and remove all necessary hardware on left side, remove primary cover (don't pry on it to break it loose. Whack it with a rubber hammer).

Make yourelf a cardboard diagram to put the primary bolts in, in the order that they were removed. They must go back in that same order.

Remove and clean off all the old primary gasket being careful not to damage the mating surfaces.

On the right side remove the rear exhaust header, drag pipe, whatever you have. Hit the exhaust studs with some penetrating oil before you start twisting on them. Don't try to force it if they are fighting back or you might back the studs out of the heads. That's not a big deal but, it's best to just not.

Disconnect the battery.

Disconnect the wires on the starter.

On the left side remove the two large allen head bolts that hold the starter on. You may need a ball head allen wrench.

Remove the starter.

Install of the new one is opposite and don't forget the new gasket.

Install the wires on the starter. Once you know your done wiring in the starter you can reconnect the battery or wit till the last thing. I wait to do that last.

Reinstall the exhaust.

Tips: I use a bit of assembly lube to hold the new primary gasket in place. Push up on the primary chain as you reinstal the cover to clear the tensioner. Install all of the primary cover bolts before you tighten anything down to be sure the holes in the new gasket line up.

Tighten primary cover bolts good and snug but, don't try to kill it. They don't need and shouldn't be gorilla tight.

Adjust your clutch, clutch cable, etc..

Make sure to put in new primary oil. HD is the safest but I understand there are other options. I just use HD oil.

Test drive it.

 

Thanks falconbrother, seems pretty easy. I think the only problem might be the exhaust bolts. I am going to start disassembly tomorrow, parts ordered and should be here by next tues or wed.