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Started by dirtymike, August 29, 2018, 12:22:36 PM

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dirtymike

August 29, 2018, 12:22:36 PM
Removing the starter(1978 FXS). Haven't removed one while leaving the oil tank in.Is it possible or do need to drain the oil and remove oil tank.

guppymech

August 29, 2018, 02:34:06 PM #1
I'm pretty sure you can leave the oil tank alone. Remove the two starter through bolts and it should unplug from the reduction gear housing.  If you're going to remove the reduction housing and solenoid the oil tank will have to be removed.  I eliminated the electric starter on my bike a year and a half ago so I'm going by old guy memory. lol
'84 FXE, '02 883R

david lee

August 29, 2018, 02:44:56 PM #2
according to the manual the tank stays in.but i would take the battery and tray out

76shuvlinoff

August 30, 2018, 02:49:39 AM #3
Quote from: david lee on August 29, 2018, 02:44:56 PM
according to the manual the tank stays in.but i would take the battery and tray out

  This ^
I don't remember if you HAVE to take the battery tray out but I do know it makes getting the starter out a helluva lot easier. The battery tray is an easy removal. The oil tank gets all tricky for me because I never remember how I did it the last time.   :hyst:
Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place, then come down and shoot the survivors.
 - Ernest Hemingway

a_disalvo

August 30, 2018, 06:11:10 AM #4
Take the battery tray out, makes it a lot easier to get in and out. No need to remove oil tank. Frank

dirtymike

August 30, 2018, 09:45:24 AM #5
First time i took one out without removing the oil tank. So far all that in in the way is the clutch arm. Guess ill dig thtough the SM. Dirty

HotRodShovel

August 30, 2018, 06:23:18 PM #6
If you do remove the oil tank its a perfect time to flush it with kerosene.  What I did, got insane sludge out of it. 
Sometimes life is like trying to share a sandwich with Rosie O'Donnell. 
John

dirtymike

August 31, 2018, 05:21:35 AM #7
got the starter out, now to get the Bendix off the shaft. Seems the nut will not come off easy. Any idea or tricks. Dirty

packrat56

August 31, 2018, 05:30:32 AM #8
It's left hand thread
I put mine in a vise, most of the time
Now I know, why some animals eat their young.

dirtymike

August 31, 2018, 05:54:58 AM #9
that was the trick, thanks packrat56

packrat56

August 31, 2018, 09:23:38 AM #10
    Glad to to help
Now I know, why some animals eat their young.

dirtymike

August 31, 2018, 02:52:33 PM #11
Starter drive went. Know where there is a good one. Seems that the cheap china solenoid stayed engaged long enough to chew it up.

Burnout

September 01, 2018, 11:18:56 AM #12
I posted here a while back that I found a starter bendix gear that was very high quality, it came from Brazilian (Zen?) gear mfgr.

Keep your primary oil clean/changed, due to the design of the bendix any debris in the oil gets trapped inside the bendix and wrecks the one way clutch rollers.
They don't call me Ironhead Rick just because I'm "hard headed"

dirtymike

September 01, 2018, 02:56:08 PM #13
I have the OEM oiling System.
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