Need some starter advice
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Need some starter advice
1989 Custom Softail FXSTC. Just installed a new starter on this bike and I cannot get the jackshaft bolt to tighten up. Shop manual says to hold the pinion gear in position and tighten the jackshaft bolt to 7-9 ft-lbs. I can only get it to snug up. Once it gets snug, it feels like the shaft that it screws into is turning with it. I'm looking at the shop manual picture and I have the parts in the right order and I have the woodruff key installed, but the jackshaft bolt will only tighten up finger tight. If I bump the starter, the jackshaft bolt comes loose. What am I missing? How do I get this bolt to tighten down? Thanks in advance.
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jackshaft bolt.
1989 Custom Softail FXSTC. Just installed a new starter on this bike and I cannot get the jackshaft bolt to tighten up. Shop manual says to hold the pinion gear in position and tighten the jackshaft bolt to 7-9 ft-lbs. I can only get it to snug up. Once it gets snug, it feels like the shaft that it screws into is turning with it. I'm looking at the shop manual picture and I have the parts in the right order and I have the woodruff key installed, but the jackshaft bolt will only tighten up finger tight. If I bump the starter, the jackshaft bolt comes loose. What am I missing? How do I get this bolt to tighten down? Thanks in advance.
Check the orientation of the pinion gear , be sure the lock plate tab and woodruff key are in the slot.
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I went back out to the shop one last time to look for that missing coupler. I tried rotating the back tire and noticed it was binding up. Kept rocking it back and forth and all of a sudden heard something drop on the shop floor. Sure enough, it was the missing coupler. Got everything back together now. It must have fell down in between the belt and front sprocket.
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I went back out to the shop one last time to look for that missing coupler. I tried rotating the back tire and noticed it was binding up. Kept rocking it back and forth and all of a sudden heard something drop on the shop floor. Sure enough, it was the missing coupler. Got everything back together now. It must have fell down in between the belt and front sprocket.
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