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[efrbc1]

I was looking at the Sumax - for twice the $$.  How do you like the Yoopers??

Chris

[Boatman]

I was looking at the Sumax - for twice the $$.  How do you like the Yoopers??

Chris

They appeared to be well made when I installed them and the ends were soldered on.  I also liked the fact that the cable from the negative battery to the stud under the seat was actually a cable and not a small wire that is crimped onto the negative cable that goes to the starter.  I would buy them again.  I believe I paid $39.00 for the 3 cables (2 ground, 1 positive) which included shipping.

The ends are not gold plated anymore (FWIW).

[DESERTBEAR54]

Boatman,
           Did the new cables help with starting or was that just part of your fix? Did you go with a bigger battery?

[Boatman]

Boatman,
           Did the new cables help with starting or was that just part of your fix? Did you go with a bigger battery?

Just upgraded to what I think was a better cable(s).  Did not fix my starter click problem.  I just installed the standard $150 MOCO dual post battery.

[DESERTBEAR54]

Thanks!! It will be part of my process also.

[Cvostu]

Thanks to Bob (Boatman), I replaced the ring/pinion gear and went the the Rivera 84/10 set up. I did replace the positive cable too and things seem to be a whole lot better.   No more of the "starting when hot" issue. The install was really easy and it starts right up now without that embarrassing noise.   Thanks Bob once again.

[Boatman]

Happy the starter ring gear replacement worked fine  Stuart.  A lot of us had that problem and I believe the 04-05's had a bad batch of cheap steel ring gears.   

[Mr. We]

Anyone here replaced the starter clutch? I was just talking with a friend in Belgium, and he said that a mechanic at Fort Washington HD recomended this and it worked great for him. I googled it and found some info on the V-Twin forum link here.

Looks like something to explore, anyone done this? 

[porthole]

Bob

Did I miss something here?

What is the purpose of the jack shaft kit once you have installed the 10/84 kit?

[Boatman]

Bob

Did I miss something here?

What is the purpose of the jack shaft kit once you have installed the 10/84 kit?

Duane-

You probably don't need to buy the jackshaft kit.  Being anal as I am and only wanting to do the job once, I took no chances and replaced the jackshaft too.  Kept the old one for a spare.  bob

[hogasm]

Anyone here replaced the starter clutch? I was just talking with a friend in Belgium, and he said that a mechanic at Fort Washington HD recomended this and it worked great for him. I googled it and found some info on the V-Twin forum link here.

Looks like something to explore, anyone done this? 

Not too bad

Pull primary,guts, install new clutch, comp nut, and 3 hours later it starts.....in a nutshell

[porthole]

Not too bad

Pull primary,guts, install new clutch, comp nut, and 3 hours later it starts.....in a nutshell

You recommending a new comp nut too? Why?

[porthole]

Duane-

You probably don't need to buy the jack shaft kit.  Being anal as I am and only wanting to do the job once, I took no chances and replaced the jack shaft too.  Kept the old one for a spare.  bob

Yeah, anal here too - but why did you do it? What does it serve in the end (as an improvement)?

We had 20% night last night at my dealer, so I ordered that along with a few other "parts"

[Boatman]

You recommending a new comp nut too? Why?

I did a compensating nut too as Brian and 2lane recommended it.  Wasn't very expensive (I believe less than $10) and already came precoated with loctite.  My nut had come loose once when I first got the bike and it was hard to scrape all the old loctite out of the threads. 

[porthole]

I did a compensating nut too as Brian and 2lane recommended it.  Wasn't very expensive (I believe less than $10) and already came precoated with loctite.  My nut had come loose once when I first got the bike and it was hard to scrape all the old loctite out of the threads. 

Mine too, but there was a service bulletin on that for a new torque procedure.

I didn't notice mine at first, riding home from the hospital, in the cold, radio going. But when I pulled in the garage my wife came out see to see what all the racket was.