Side engine cover

[mvmccreary]

Has any one had trouble swapping covers from one bike engine to another? I'm having trouble with the cover that slides over the shifter shaft and has six screws that holds it on. When I slide the cover on the shaft it will not line up with the holes for the screws. I didn't push or pull too hard on it, but has anyone else had this problem, and how do you propose I solve it?

Thanks

 

[sdt354]

You're talking middle gear cover I believe. I'm thinking it's not straightly lined up. Get the shaft and bushing clean and slick. Put the new cover on a flat surface and make sure it's not screwed up. Sometimes I make alignment studs for things by cutting the heads off a couple of screws. hand thread them in then use them as a guide to install. Don't forget to get the bolt with the copper gasket in the right spot or it'll leak. Good luck.
Steve-o

 

[dannymax]

The dowels should line it up....yes?

 

[mvmccreary]

Nope. The whole cover won't line up. Which the shifter should be in line because it is a part of the original engine. Could it perhaps have happened in shipping the engine? Is that possible to bend the shifter?

 

[dannymax]

Can you get a straight edge on it to check for bending?

 

[mvmccreary]

Yeah I can do that first thing when I get home. BTW this cover is the last thing I need to do before I can try to start her up

 

[tugla]

do you have old cover to compare it with...

 

[mvmccreary]

do you have old cover to compare it with...

Nope. This is a used engine and it came with out this cover, so I took the cover off the original engine thinking it would be a perfect match but not so much.

 

[CaptainKyle]

Nope. The whole cover won't line up. Which the shifter should be in line because it is a part of the original engine. Could it perhaps have happened in shipping the engine? Is that possible to bend the shifter?

Never had a problem with them covers not lining up. It is possible the shaft could have been bent in shipping. I would look at it closely that is the only thing I can think of.

 

[one2dmax]

All year covers interchange so should not be an issue. As noted something is likely bent on the shift shaft.

 

[jfeagins]

Is there a difference between the Vmax case and Venture case?

 

[one2dmax]

The early Venture did not have a hole for the shift shaft. The later venture had the hole but no bushing was installed (instead they put 2 of them in the stator covers. Simply move one of them over to the mid cover).

 

[mvmccreary]

I couldn't get a good straight edge reading but I did manage to get the cover on but it required some effort so I'm definitely thinking the shift shaft is bent some kind of way.

 

[PATMAX]

Obviously it is bent the opposite your cover holes are off but logically, its irons ably bent upwards toward the cylinders. It could be tweaked forward but I doubt it. That not a shaft easily bent in the opposite direction. A replacement would be the fix in my eye. Hope you don't have a leaker of hard/sticky shifting now. If it were me, I would not have installed/forced the cover on.