Posted by shovelheadchuck on April 19, 2009, 3:40 am
When I bought my 78FXE in 1996 it had a phase3 open primary. I up graded to
a primo 11mm
belt drive in 97'. Since then I've gone through 5 repleacement belts. A pain
in the ass, but I do like
working on the bike. SO, I would like to swich back the primary to a chain.
Question? How
difficult is it to do. I would want to do it my self of course, that way I
would have no one to
blame but mydelf if it goes wrong.
Any ideas?
Drinks on me till closing.
Chuck the shovelhead one
78FXE
Posted by kickstart on April 19, 2009, 5:30 am
wrote:
> When I bought my 78FXE in 1996 it had a phase3 open primary. I up graded to
> a primo 11mm
> belt drive in 97'. Since then I've gone through 5 repleacement belts. A pain
> in the ass, but I do like
> working on the bike. SO, I would like to swich back the primary to a chain.
> Question? How
> difficult is it to do. I would want to do it my self of course,
> Chuck the shovelhead one
> 78FXE
http://www.supermax.net/Pages/home.asp
or start hitting the swap meets for parts
the job isn't hard.
Posted by nospam on April 19, 2009, 7:52 am
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:40:06 -0700, "shovelheadchuck"
>When I bought my 78FXE in 1996 it had a phase3 open primary. I up graded to
>a primo 11mm
>belt drive in 97'. Since then I've gone through 5 repleacement belts. A pain
>in the ass, but I do like
how wide?
I quit running belt drive after my first one, two reasons, the sugar
sand down in FLduh would eat pulley's up in no time, I tired of
replacing the belt a few times, chain drives don;t break <g>
>working on the bike. SO, I would like to swich back the primary to a chain.
>Question? How difficult is it to do. I would want to do it my self of course,
that way I
>would have no one to blame but mydelf if it goes wrong.
what all is left of the original primary? or its all open belt
swap meets are your friend and that stuff is cheap, you will need the
clutch hub for chain drive, comp sprocket setup, adjusting foot,
chain, I bet you can pick it all up from under a hundred bucks at a
swap meet, that is If you don;need the inner and outer primary
but I would buy a new primary chain, which is still cheap
>Chuck the shovelhead one
>78FXE
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Posted by shovelheadchuck on April 19, 2009, 11:42 am
> On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:40:06 -0700, "shovelheadchuck"
>>When I bought my 78FXE in 1996 it had a phase3 open primary. I up graded
>>to
>>a primo 11mm
>>belt drive in 97'. Since then I've gone through 5 repleacement belts. A
>>pain
>>in the ass, but I do like
> how wide?
1.5" wide
> I quit running belt drive after my first one, two reasons, the sugar
> sand down in FLduh would eat pulley's up in no time, I tired of
> replacing the belt a few times, chain drives don;t break <g>
>>working on the bike. SO, I would like to swich back the primary to a
>>chain.
>>Question? How difficult is it to do. I would want to do it my self of
>>course, that way I
>>would have no one to blame but mydelf if it goes wrong.
> what all is left of the original primary? or its all open belt
It had no iner primary case when I got the bike, it was an open primary. I
bought the iner and outer
cases and the comp sprocket,clutch hub,beltajuster. It's a dry clutch.
There's no set up for the chain
oiler. I would have to either get anouther iner primary or drill and tap for
the oiler.I instaled a 80cu inch engine in 2001,so the engine has the oiler
set up but it's caped right now.
> swap meets are your friend and that stuff is cheap, you will need the
> clutch hub for chain drive, comp sprocket setup, adjusting foot,
> chain, I bet you can pick it all up from under a hundred bucks at a
> swap meet, that is If you don;need the inner and outer primary
> but I would buy a new primary chain, which is still cheap
Chuck the shovelhead replica one
78/2000FXE
Posted by Terry Coombs on April 19, 2009, 11:53 am
shovelheadchuck wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:40:06 -0700, "shovelheadchuck"
>>
>>> When I bought my 78FXE in 1996 it had a phase3 open primary. I up
>>> graded to
>>> a primo 11mm
>>> belt drive in 97'. Since then I've gone through 5 repleacement
>>> belts. A pain
>>> in the ass, but I do like
>>
>> how wide?
>>
> 1.5" wide
>> I quit running belt drive after my first one, two reasons, the sugar
>> sand down in FLduh would eat pulley's up in no time, I tired of
>> replacing the belt a few times, chain drives don;t break <g>
>>
>>> working on the bike. SO, I would like to swich back the primary to a
>>> chain.
>>> Question? How difficult is it to do. I would want to do it my self
>>> of course, that way I
>>> would have no one to blame but mydelf if it goes wrong.
>>
>>
>> what all is left of the original primary? or its all open belt
>>
> It had no iner primary case when I got the bike, it was an open
> primary. I bought the iner and outer
> cases and the comp sprocket,clutch hub,beltajuster. It's a dry clutch.
> There's no set up for the chain
> oiler. I would have to either get anouther iner primary or drill and
> tap for the oiler.I instaled a 80cu inch engine in 2001,so the engine
> has the oiler set up but it's caped right now.
>> swap meets are your friend and that stuff is cheap, you will need
>> the clutch hub for chain drive, comp sprocket setup, adjusting foot,
>> chain, I bet you can pick it all up from under a hundred bucks at a
>> swap meet, that is If you don;need the inner and outer primary
>> but I would buy a new primary chain, which is still cheap
> Chuck the shovelhead replica one
> 78/2000FXE
You're better off NOT using the oiler from the engine *IMO*. Seal
everything but a vent line , run just enough primary oil (10W40 and 20W50
work well...) to touch the bottom of the sprocket on the clutch basket .
Keeps the chain oiled and the clutch plates dry . Ran my '76 FLH that way
until the dick turned in front of me ... oh , and make sure the bike is
vertical when you set that oil level .
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> a primo 11mm
> belt drive in 97'. Since then I've gone through 5 repleacement belts. A pain
> in the ass, but I do like
> working on the bike. SO, I would like to swich back the primary to a chain.
> Question? How
> difficult is it to do. I would want to do it my self of course,
> Chuck the shovelhead one
> 78FXE