Main Bearing Removal
Previous | Home | NextO.K., I missed taking a couple of pictures. The final drive gear and shaft came out quite easily with a few taps from the wooden butt of a hammer to drive it from the left side of the motorcycle towards the center of the transmission case. It came out easily so I didn't revert to making a puller.
Then, the main seal and huge clip ring were removed. I used a 12" needle nose plier with slightly ground ends to grab and squeeze the huge C-clip for removal. Then, using the same wooden hammer butt, I tapped the main bearing from the inside to drive it out of the transmission case. It was a piece of cake. The bearing and seal are to be discarded and new ones installed. This picture is after the gear, seal, bearing, have been removed.
I inspected the land for the bearing in the
transmission case. No cracks or anything bad found.
