i would try an impact gun before i tried heat. Sometimes the impact vibration will knock the locktight loose and thats all you need but thats just me as for the direction of threads if no one else talks id go by the book or call a local dealer and ask the service dept.

 

Wow, someone is letting a mechanical problem get them a little frustrated . No need to take your frustration out on someone that was trying to help. Sorry dude, get back to standing or jumping up and down on your wrench to get the nut off, I am sure it will come off one way or the other.

 

AGGG!!! You're absolutely right. I'm frustrated and I apologize. I quickly read your earlier response as asking me if there were not already enough threads ON THIS FORUM that covered the left/right-hand threads topic. I thought you were basically saying "Search the forum for your answer." I'm sorry. Damnit. Believe it or not I told my wife last night just before going to sleep that the first thing I was going to do this morning was go out there and look very closely at the threads to see if I could see enough of them to tell left/right and that's what I did but the nut is on the VERY END of the shaft so I can't see any threads at all. Again, I apologize for my smartass response. I was frustrated like you said and thought that you were only being a smartass. I'm glad you said something again because it wasn't until you did that I re-read your original answer. I was about to reply this time and say that if you really wanted to help then maybe point me to a thread that you mentioned that already covered this topic. OK, enough rambling on my part. I gotta figure this stupid nut out. Gotta be smarter than the nut... not sure if I can swing that at this point.

 

Pic showing shaft with nut on it, no threads exposed:

 

I understand, not a problem. In general it is safe to assume I am being a smart ***, but usually when someone is having a technical problem I try real hard not to be. I probably should have just let it go myself, I understand some frustration. My parents garage has the patch holes in the wall to prove it . Thank goodness I learned to walk away from the work before I get to that point. It took until I was 30, but better late then never.

I checked the manual for my 07 and it says right hand thread in bold as well. I would try a little time with a torch if you do not have an impact. If you have a large punch and a heavy hammer giving one of the flat sides of the nut a shot or two might also help with the lock tight. I am sure you will get it, just take your time.

 

I have an HD 2002 touring models service manual open and on page 6-17 they state that the trany sprocket nut has left handed threads (clockwise off ) HD has had left handed threads on this nut ever since time began (at least since I started wrenching circa 1960 ) It wouldn't surprise me if the motor co. decided to fusk everyone up and reverse the threads Again I would use the 1/2 in electric impact and go righty loosey first Before you try it again go have 3 beers (Dr Hess ) says one but 3 calms the nerves and helps put the stimulus money back in the economy at least to the breweries !!

 

I changed the drive sprockect on my 08 streetglide and nut is is righthanded but wouldn't come off with heat or impact, you have to be careful with heat, there is a seal on the transmission output shaft. I had to cut the nut off with carbide cutter and die grinder, but you have to be careful not to get into the threads on the shaft. I ground in the middle of two flats on the nut that were next to each other and stopped before i got into the threads then tapped the nut lightly with a hammer and the nut broke apart. You will have to order a nut if you pm me i will see if i still have the part number.

 

Thanks for understanding my misplaced anger, overhead. I'm 41 and still haven't quite mellowed out as much as I'd like to. Had to cut the damn thing off, huh? Hmmm... Oh, I do have an impact wrench, too... I tried it for a total of maybe 15 seconds hoping it would break the hold of the thread locking compound but no go... I was a little nervous to keep using it. Wasn't sure it was 100% safe for this application. I *will* cut the nut off as a last resort but man that just seems crazy to me that it's on that tight. I mean there's even that retaining plate to keep it from possibly backing out later. I wonder why they decided this particular nut needs to be on there SO DAMN TIGHT. Weird. Almost as weird as deciding to change from left-hand-threaded to right-hand-threaded. I'd like to talk to the people who came up with that idea. And by "talk to" I mean "slap upside the head." Oops... there I go showing my bad temper again. To calm down I just put all the tools down and went out and worked on my office in the shop I've been working on for a while. Finished putting the ceiling in this morning and even got a window installed in the wall. At least I got something productive done. I'm gonna call my HD dealer tomorrow and talk to someone from the service department and run my problem by them to see if they have any more advice for me. If not then I'm going to go with the manual on the "right-hand-thread" thing and try the impact wrench a little more and then a little more heat and then I might have to resort to the thing that always works for me. I like to call it my "Cussing a LOT and throwing tools around and punching the wall a few times" technique. But for now... it's time for some of this:

 

UPDATE: Had a couple of beers and went back out in the garage and broke out the impact wrench again. Here's the verdict: right-hand-threaded. I got the stupid thing off finally and put on the new pulley, torqued it down to 35 ft-lbs, then another 1/4 turn, etc, etc. Got inner primary back on and clutch pack and compensator... and stopped for the day. Gotta get a new gasket for the outer primary. Will try to pick that up on the way home from work tomorrow and finish it all up. DAMN. Sounds funny but... I never had to work so hard to get my nut off. hahaha!

 

Glad you got it done. I do not have the manual in front of me anymore, but I thought it said something about torquing it down to 100 pounds and then backing off to 35, but I could be off as I have had a drink or two.