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Old Oct 16, 2015 | 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by themouth!!!
The kit doesn't use shims anymore. The instructions are out of date. I went through the same thing. I thought the HD wrench monkies had forgotten them at the dealer when they installed my forwards...
Whew... I did freak out and my wife was like... "what now." Definitely makes me feel so much better.

Themouth... what about item 3... that extra small spring... is that no longer used as well?
 
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Old Oct 16, 2015 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Eunoterpsia
Whew... I did freak out and my wife was like... "what now." Definitely makes me feel so much better.

Themouth... what about item 3... that extra small spring... is that no longer used as well?
On my iPhone so I can't see it. There are five springs. Two big, two little and then a small one that goes on the back of the cam. Is that the one you mean?
 
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Old Oct 16, 2015 | 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by SBates08
Congrats on the new ride Mouth. I wondered where you got off to and I found you had moved over to the Dyna section.

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Nah. I took a small work related "vacation". Got a new bike when I got back. You have done a comp or two. Are we on track with th extension shaft?
 
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Old Oct 16, 2015 | 10:25 AM
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Good to hear a positive outcome.

I always was concern with the primary chain alignment to know I had the correct washers in place.

The first time with the inner and outer off the bike working on the tranny really left me with a lot of apprehension that at 70 mph something would come undone and lock up the drive train.

Time to ride...
 
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Old Oct 16, 2015 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by themouth!!!
Nah. I took a small work related "vacation". Got a new bike when I got back. You have done a comp or two. Are we on track with th extension shaft?
Yessir like Eunoterpsia said earlier there's only one way for it to go on. You would've known right off the bat if you installed it backwards.

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Old Oct 16, 2015 | 10:54 AM
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I overhauled a GM 2 speed Powerglide when I was 16. I had no experience or schematic. After it was all back together and in the car it was grinding real bad. I went back to the workbench in the barn and discovered a spacer washer had fallen between the floor boards and was under the barn's raised floor. It went between the drive and reverse hub. So I tore it down and it was destroyed. Wound up with one from a junkyard.

Since that time I always worry about overhauls.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2015 | 11:02 AM
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Had you installed it backwards you would've had alignment issues that would've been very noticeable.

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Old Oct 16, 2015 | 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by SBates08
Had you installed it backwards you would've had alignment issues that would've been very noticeable.

2010 Limited with some stuff
Makes sense. It is nice and quiet and runs nice..
 
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Old Oct 16, 2015 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by themouth!!!
On my iPhone so I can't see it. There are five springs. Two big, two little and then a small one that goes on the back of the cam. Is that the one you mean?
Yup, the smallest single one is the one missing from my kit! Got the two large and two little just not the 3rd.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2015 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Eunoterpsia
Yup, the smallest single one is the one missing from my kit! Got the two large and two little just not the 3rd.
Does your old one have it? It rides the cam and as long as it's the same size, it should be no problem to reuse it...
 
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