Cush drive grrrrrr!!!!!!!!
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Cush drive grrrrrr!!!!!!!!
Ok, so I'm locked in battle with a dealer and a set of mammoth spoke wheels...... My bike, a 2013 Street Glide, has cush drive..... The cush drive hub on the mammoth spoke and the matching sprocket are considerably more expensive.....
I guess my question is, do I need the cush drive? The salesman says a lot of guys just buy the bolt on pulley and ride. Is this a BAD idea? Or is he trying to get me to go cheaper just to make the sale? I don't want to risk thousands in repairs, to avoid about an extra $450 of pulley and cush drive hub. Don't know what to do. I'd love to hear some answers from some mammoth or custom wheel owners.
Let it rain!
I guess my question is, do I need the cush drive? The salesman says a lot of guys just buy the bolt on pulley and ride. Is this a BAD idea? Or is he trying to get me to go cheaper just to make the sale? I don't want to risk thousands in repairs, to avoid about an extra $450 of pulley and cush drive hub. Don't know what to do. I'd love to hear some answers from some mammoth or custom wheel owners.
Let it rain!
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That's all I could find too..... But I've read some horror stories about compensators failing. In all honesty, I own a garage queen, and I'm a pretty boy, weekend warrior. I'm not a hardcore road dog like some on here, I'm not sure I'd ever ride long enough to cause any damage that I am really aware of.......
#5
The IDS does a good job of absorbing engine pulses. It also serves to take a bit of the instant torque pressure off of the font end of the drive train. So it has a purpose or two.
It looks like this in the earlier bikes:
And like this on the newer bikes:
The newer models utilize a pulley that is held in place by pressure from the torque applied to the axle nut…the IDS compensator fits in forged pockets. Here is a pic of my rear agitator before install and you see where the compensator lives:
It looks like this in the earlier bikes:
And like this on the newer bikes:
The newer models utilize a pulley that is held in place by pressure from the torque applied to the axle nut…the IDS compensator fits in forged pockets. Here is a pic of my rear agitator before install and you see where the compensator lives:
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Ok, so I'm locked in battle with a dealer and a set of mammoth spoke wheels...... My bike, a 2013 Street Glide, has cush drive..... The cush drive hub on the mammoth spoke and the matching sprocket are considerably more expensive.....
I guess my question is, do I need the cush drive? The salesman says a lot of guys just buy the bolt on pulley and ride. Is this a BAD idea? Or is he trying to get me to go cheaper just to make the sale? I don't want to risk thousands in repairs, to avoid about an extra $450 of pulley and cush drive hub. Don't know what to do. I'd love to hear some answers from some mammoth or custom wheel owners.
Let it rain!
I guess my question is, do I need the cush drive? The salesman says a lot of guys just buy the bolt on pulley and ride. Is this a BAD idea? Or is he trying to get me to go cheaper just to make the sale? I don't want to risk thousands in repairs, to avoid about an extra $450 of pulley and cush drive hub. Don't know what to do. I'd love to hear some answers from some mammoth or custom wheel owners.
Let it rain!
Give me a call I have the wheels and the pulley. The Mammoth pulley is on sale of 259.95 with the rear wheel
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cadreamn (08-11-2021)
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Nearly every motorcycle since the 60's has had 'Cush drive". It is there to absorb shock that would otherwise be passed onto the transmission, clutch, drive belt, and engine. Seems like a small price to pay to maintain a trouble free drive train not to mention the vibration that would be passed on to the driver.