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Oct 15, 2009 | 07:38 AM

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Got the mod done 3 weeks ago. On a 1-10 scale my install was about a 6.5. It wasn't my bike it was my brothers 05 heritage classic.
Total install time was approx 8-9 hours on the floor with just a bottle neck jack.
I have a lot of tools from doing cager work but really not a true set. I made the tools that I had available to me work. So the only thing extra I bought was plasty gauge and some feeler gauges. Just to double check the clearances.

Oct 15, 2009 | 07:41 AM

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I'm curious as to where you used the plasti guage, and the feeler guage for that matter... (Not testin you, seriously curious)

Oct 15, 2009 | 07:50 AM

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Something else ya have to consider with the DD6. It was designed for racing, upshifting fast. Down shifting is another story. If ya downshift in the typical, easy kind of fashion, you will get gear grinding. Ya have to do it with a solid shift, each gear.

I'm a pretty moderate driver, and while I do get down on the throttle from time to time, so far I've had no probs with light shifting up or down. There have been times when I missed a gear, but that was entirely my fault for not following thru. Not had any grinding of gear issues at all.

And, YES, this is indeed the best mod I could have wanted for my 99 RK. I went with the 28 tooth compensator sprocket, wanting more high speed rather than quick take offs. Feels VERY good to get on the interstate now, where I was cringing from my engine SCREAMING just trying to make it up to 70-75 before the mod.

Oct 15, 2009 | 07:57 AM

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Force of habit from rebuilding cager engines especially old dodge motors. Plasty gauge is a PIA but helps to make sure of shaft end play and spacers being seated. Why I say its a PIA is you have to pull your work back apart to verify. The 90 degree feeler gauge was used in areas where I couldn't see to make sure everything was still lined up after the use of the plasty gauge. I was just being **** about everything so I could save my brother some labor.

Oct 15, 2009 | 04:51 PM

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I know what and how to use plasti guage, and the feeler guage, I was wondering about the exact places you used them really. I figured Baker knew what the tolerances needed to be so didn't bother. I was just curious where you thought you needed to check.

Oct 15, 2009 | 05:04 PM

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Alls I wanted to do is just make sure. Primarily I checked the shaft ends and the areas where the spacers rested.
Bakker puts out great products but I have had great products go south on me in the past. Especially on cagers when some machinest has gotten lazy or there was a slight change in the tolerance schedules. Or the monday+friday theory. I just wanted it to work for my brother before he got deployed again, so he could have some fun riding.

Oct 15, 2009 | 11:02 PM

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Alls I wanted to do is just make sure. Primarily I checked the shaft ends and the areas where the spacers rested.
Bakker puts out great products but I have had great products go south on me in the past. Especially on cagers when some machinest has gotten lazy or there was a slight change in the tolerance schedules. Or the monday+friday theory. I just wanted it to work for my brother before he got deployed again, so he could have some fun riding.

I reckon that's as close as yer gonna get to answerin the question. Like I said to start with, I wasn't testin ya, I was seriously curious. Thanks just the same.