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My trans was leaving quite the puddle under my bike. I pulled it the other day and the case is pretty well fucked. The gears all look good. It shifted hard into first, but otherwise ok. Jockey lid seems to be in good shape and a decent oem piece. The case is 1948 with a big repair down the primary side. Looks like they went to town with a grinder on the lid gasket surface of the trans and it is no longer flat. Whoever put it together had a field day with rtv and jb weld. Didnt leak there but it's It's leaking from the studs I think.
The shift fork retaining screw looks fucked, like someone had to cut a slot in it with a grinder and got a bit of the gasket surface as well, so getting that out will be a chore. The cover on the counter shaft bushing on the primary side looks to be held on with rtv, the two screws that I can reach without taking the sprocket off just spin in their holes.
I can get some pics later if anyone cares to see. It's not pretty. There was a bit of glitter in the oil. I put baker kicker gears and a witch hat TO bearing in it a couple months ago. The TO bearing (wafer) that was in there seems to have lunched itself(wrong bearing for the finger thats in there) and the kicker gears were pretty well fucked as well. So I think that's where the glitter came from, there were much bigger pieces of metal in there then, but none of the gears/dogs look worn at all and it shifted just fine. Was hard to get into first from a stop, had to let the clutch out a bit before it would grab, but that was about it. I figure that may just be a bit of adjustment.
So before I try and reseal this thing, and go oversize on the studs, and put it back in and pray (not ideal obviously). What are my options for a replacement case? Are the VTwin ones worth a shit? I'd really like to find a Cal Products one because they look like a roots blower and they seem to be well made? (Anyone got one they want to let go of???) Seems like they are getting rare. Should I keep an eye out for another panhead trans case? I'd like to have this one fixed, but it might not be worth the time and money right now to do so. I'm afraid it's to the point that I might not be able to put this one back together once I get it apart. hahaha. Fuck. I understand that anything else will likely need to be line lapped regardless, but that doesnt really worry me.
What are my options, I'm not trying to buy a whole new trans. Money's not tight, but I have some other changes I'm working on so I'd rather not spend it all on this if I don't have to. I will be doing all labor that doesn't require machining myself.
The shift fork retaining screw looks fucked, like someone had to cut a slot in it with a grinder and got a bit of the gasket surface as well, so getting that out will be a chore. The cover on the counter shaft bushing on the primary side looks to be held on with rtv, the two screws that I can reach without taking the sprocket off just spin in their holes.
I can get some pics later if anyone cares to see. It's not pretty. There was a bit of glitter in the oil. I put baker kicker gears and a witch hat TO bearing in it a couple months ago. The TO bearing (wafer) that was in there seems to have lunched itself(wrong bearing for the finger thats in there) and the kicker gears were pretty well fucked as well. So I think that's where the glitter came from, there were much bigger pieces of metal in there then, but none of the gears/dogs look worn at all and it shifted just fine. Was hard to get into first from a stop, had to let the clutch out a bit before it would grab, but that was about it. I figure that may just be a bit of adjustment.
So before I try and reseal this thing, and go oversize on the studs, and put it back in and pray (not ideal obviously). What are my options for a replacement case? Are the VTwin ones worth a shit? I'd really like to find a Cal Products one because they look like a roots blower and they seem to be well made? (Anyone got one they want to let go of???) Seems like they are getting rare. Should I keep an eye out for another panhead trans case? I'd like to have this one fixed, but it might not be worth the time and money right now to do so. I'm afraid it's to the point that I might not be able to put this one back together once I get it apart. hahaha. Fuck. I understand that anything else will likely need to be line lapped regardless, but that doesnt really worry me.
What are my options, I'm not trying to buy a whole new trans. Money's not tight, but I have some other changes I'm working on so I'd rather not spend it all on this if I don't have to. I will be doing all labor that doesn't require machining myself.
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