1500 gold wing final drive...

[BIG Bopper]

Does this change the gear ratio and what does it do to highway cruising RPM, and fuel mileage?

[Oklahoma_Valk]

TheBellies:

It doesnt change any of the above.

[hubcapsc]

Unless something prevents me from working on the Valkyrie this weekend, I'm
going to put the original final drive back on it. I don't know what the other one
looks like, it was good last tire change, I just want to find out if these refurbished
ones are any good.

I have been unable to get the pinion cup off one of the ones I refurbished. I took it to
Frank at the NAPA place today, and he zipped it off with his impact wrench. We
talked some about why I couldn't get it off with my impact wrench... his is rated
at 150lbs line pressure, mine is rated at 90, so I set the compressor line pressure
at 90... perhaps that's all it was.

Book sez 80ft/lbs is how much to tighten them back on, so that's how I'm doing it.

-Mike

[pancho]

Yeah... 80 ft lbs.....  There is always the danger of stretching steel and weakening threads when applying unknown forces from an unregulated impact tool,, not a good idea if it can be avoided.

[ripper980]

Gonna have to try this one myself soon ..

Question - which way do you press out the spline hub from the rin gear, or will it only come out one way ?

Thxs ..

[pancho]

It only comes apart and goes back together one way,, just have some aluminum blocks handy so you don't damage any of the parts with steel to steel contact.