XL Pinion Gear
Monday October 10th 2005, 1:36 am
Filed under: Harley-Davidson
Filed under: Harley-Davidson
Not much to say here, except pinion gears on Sportster® motorcycles are supposed to be one piece, not two.
Not sure what happened here. Any thoughts? Post your comments above (or below, depending on what page you’re viewing.)
over-tightened pinon nut is my guess, wedged up on taper like a wood spliter. There may have been assembly lube on taper aiding it’s journey. Taper & gear taper should be DRY when installing gear.
Comment by Tony 11.09.08 @ 11:12 amI should have specified the year. This is from a 5-speed Evo, sometime in the 90s so the shaft is straight. So, the taper did not split it. Good guess though. I’ve seen that happen on plenty of clutch hubs on 4-speeds with tapered mainshafts.
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