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Hdstepchild
Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 03:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
New to the forum, couple of ?'s
Have a '97 s3, outer 5th gear bearings going out( belt squeaks on wobbling pulley). I assume that's a sure sign.
Anyway the question is, do I need the entire list of special tool the manual calls for? Or can I make do with out them?
H-D sure is proud of them, you'd think they were gold plated.
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Henrik
Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 09:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
The wobbling pulley could be a sign that the splines on the pulley are going south.

Here's Reepicheep's 5th gear story:

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/cgibin/discus/show.cgi?tpc=3842&post=198002#POST 198002

Henrik
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Hdstepchild
Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 12:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
It could be the splines also, but when I took the front pulley cover off, I noticed that the oil seal on the end of the shaft was missing. So every time I road in the rain or washed it, the needle bearings got soaked.
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Blake
Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 12:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Needle bearings?
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