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al v
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« on: June 26, 2013, 06:18:13 PM »


Missing one little tooth section above the clip? It was like this when it came out. I'm guessing it is still ok, but thought I would see what everyone thought...

23k miles on bike. Splines looks perfect. Drive flange looks perfect. Ujoint looks perfect. Just this one little issue.

(Splines were wet with drive gear oil. Cleaned the pinion cup and oil is freely flowing into pinion cup.)
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« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2013, 06:32:19 PM »
I'd run it.
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« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2013, 07:20:13 PM »
Looks just like mine!  Grin Been good for 30k so far.  cooldude
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« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2013, 07:24:19 PM »
I suggest you look for the missing bit so it doesn't cause problems.
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« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2013, 07:38:20 PM »
Quote from: Daniel Meyer on June 26, 2013, 06:32:19 PM
I'd run it.


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« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2013, 09:36:23 PM »
In order to properly balance a motorcycle with this damage, you need to remove one spoke that connects the left side of the rim of the front wheel to the left brake shoe hub, then tighten adjacent two spokes by 1/8th turn to compensate.
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« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2013, 10:28:43 PM »
The piece missing is too big to go down the oil hole and into the final drive......so it either had to be in the pinion cup or laying on the garage floor where some one dropped the shaft and broke it off. 2funny 2funny

Oh yeah....I'd run it with no second thoughts......but, if you are a purist, send it to me for a spare...hehehehehe
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« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2013, 10:41:39 AM »
I wouldn't worry about it either. I'd just clean/smooth it up a bit and run it.
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al v
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« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2013, 10:55:39 AM »
The drive shaft will be going back on... Thanks for the input.
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« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2013, 11:06:52 AM »
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In order to properly balance a motorcycle with this damage, you need to remove one spoke that connects the left side of the rim of the front wheel to the left brake shoe hub, then tighten adjacent two spokes by 1/8th turn to compensate.

All right. That just made me laugh out loud. I'd also use a high-speed taper shank spiral flute reamer to realign the jasper pins when reassembling. Grin
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