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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Drive Sprocket Failure
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<blockquote data-quote="Albervin" data-source="post: 49831" data-attributes="member: 586"><p>What a place to have a failure to proceed! On the plus side it wasn't Oodnadatta! Sprockets have been made by various people over the last 20 or so years. Just because you bought it X years ago doesn't mean it was made 10X years ago. I have seen generator sprockets lose all their teeth (on a twin) within 2,000 miles. That there was no apparent damage to the splines indicates the sprocket was a lot softer than the spline. Was a lock washer in place? Loctite? I would consider 12,000 miles less than satisfactory but there is no warranty on these parts. As an aside, in the early days of the twin there were numerous claims for gear and sprocket failures in the timing chest and elsewhere. Lots of warranty claims led to upgraded parts in the timing chest and gearbox. One would have thought the lessons had been learned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albervin, post: 49831, member: 586"] What a place to have a failure to proceed! On the plus side it wasn't Oodnadatta! Sprockets have been made by various people over the last 20 or so years. Just because you bought it X years ago doesn't mean it was made 10X years ago. I have seen generator sprockets lose all their teeth (on a twin) within 2,000 miles. That there was no apparent damage to the splines indicates the sprocket was a lot softer than the spline. Was a lock washer in place? Loctite? I would consider 12,000 miles less than satisfactory but there is no warranty on these parts. As an aside, in the early days of the twin there were numerous claims for gear and sprocket failures in the timing chest and elsewhere. Lots of warranty claims led to upgraded parts in the timing chest and gearbox. One would have thought the lessons had been learned. [/QUOTE]
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