Bevel Gear Bearing

BeardedGrappler504 · 06-12-2022, 06:26 PM

Long story short, a couple months ago I was riding, and lost clutch pressure. Then started to hear a whine when rolling off throttle. Cap blew off the bevel gear assembly box. Finally got around to taking it apart and changing things.

When we took the assembly off, there was a bit of metal shaving in there. Not too terrible. Ran a magnet over it to get as much as possible. None of the teeth on the bevel gear looked damaged, or worn. I did notice the spacer plate that sits next to the bearing had a groove worn in it. So I replaced the plate, bearing, and assembly cap. Also throw on a new driveshaft boot since it was a little worn. Did a flush of all the oil twice until i didnt see any sparkles in the oil, and flushed the screen. When it came time to test ride, the bike still has that telltale decel whine. As soon as I squeeze the clutch, it goes away.

question is, did I miss something? Is there an adjustment that needed to be made? I saw another post somewhere that mentioned shims for the gear, but I'm not sure about any of that.

DragonLady58 · 06-16-2022, 01:54 AM

yep, whining, metal in your bevel gear housing....time for new bearings....and yes, they gotta be shimmed....not that hard....we've covered it all on here before....

BeardedGrappler504 · 06-17-2022, 07:33 PM

i searched all over the forum and couldnt find anything specific about how to go about resetting the gear with the shim kit.

redjay · 06-17-2022, 08:21 PM

https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...ar+replacement

Anything here ?

DragonLady58 · 06-20-2022, 11:15 AM

Though MAS T, I and several others have wrote about this, I don't think any of us have gone in depth about rebuilding, because its usually not something the typical rider has the equip. to service cause you need a arbor/hydraulic press, dial indicators, and some feeler gauges, shims, etc. This is something thats trial and error, sometimes taking 4 or 5 times to get the shimming right.
Sometimes you can just disassemble, keeping track of the shim location and its all good.

If you go to MaKawa, find someone thats got some experience on the 1500/1600s, take your angel drive to them, throw about $185-$200 at them, they'll do it for you....

ChevyNomad · 03-06-2023, 10:36 AM

So... I've got the tell-tale issues with the bevel gear bearing. Whining on decal, and loss of pressure on my clutch.

It's been parked for the winter since and I am considering taking on this job myself - note: I am not a mechanic.

I'm want to try and tackle this myself but I can find no tutorials or walkthroughs on this repair. I have seen a bunch of videos showing how to get at it, and some really annoying videos showing the failed bearing.

I do have access to a press, anything else I might need to watch for?

Anyone have a good walkthrough video?

I have read about replacing the bearing with "not an OEM kawi part", but no mentions if this was a good fix or not.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

redjay · 03-07-2023, 12:01 PM

Did you check the Search feature of the forum ?

http://www.vulcanbagger.com/forums/s...archid=1348956

ChevyNomad · 03-08-2023, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redjay

Did you check the Search feature of the forum ?

http://www.vulcanbagger.com/forums/s...archid=1348956

I did - and your search link also comes back with "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms"

**JD Hog** · 03-08-2023, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChevyNomad

I did - and your search link also comes back with "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms"

Bevel gear bearing search below

http://www.vulcanbagger.com/forums/s...archid=1348985

Pir2 · 03-09-2023, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JD Hog

Bevel gear bearing search below

http://www.vulcanbagger.com/forums/s...archid=1348985

Same result. "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms"

redjay · 03-09-2023, 11:05 AM

So just use the search feature of the forum.

For some reason the links are not working properly. They are copy and pasted from the search feature.

**JD Hog** · 03-09-2023, 05:37 PM

Try this link below:

http://www.vulcanbagger.com/forums/s...archid=1349017

06-12-2022, 06:26 PM	#1
BeardedGrappler504 Jr. Member Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: New Orleans Posts: 21	Bevel Gear Bearing Long story short, a couple months ago I was riding, and lost clutch pressure. Then started to hear a whine when rolling off throttle. Cap blew off the bevel gear assembly box. Finally got around to taking it apart and changing things. When we took the assembly off, there was a bit of metal shaving in there. Not too terrible. Ran a magnet over it to get as much as possible. None of the teeth on the bevel gear looked damaged, or worn. I did notice the spacer plate that sits next to the bearing had a groove worn in it. So I replaced the plate, bearing, and assembly cap. Also throw on a new driveshaft boot since it was a little worn. Did a flush of all the oil twice until i didnt see any sparkles in the oil, and flushed the screen. When it came time to test ride, the bike still has that telltale decel whine. As soon as I squeeze the clutch, it goes away. question is, did I miss something? Is there an adjustment that needed to be made? I saw another post somewhere that mentioned shims for the gear, but I'm not sure about any of that. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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06-16-2022, 01:54 AM	#2
DragonLady58 Sr. Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Somewhere South of Alaska.... Posts: 2,368	yep, whining, metal in your bevel gear housing....time for new bearings....and yes, they gotta be shimmed....not that hard....we've covered it all on here before.... __________________ --------------------- Don't start no schit, there won't be no schit.... My Sarcasm is directly proportional to the amount of Stupidity involved --------------------- VBA#03239 VROC#37400 VRA --------------------- 2014 Vaquero 2001 Nomad FI 2003 Street Glide (sold) 1500 Meanie, fresh rebuild (sold) 90s BUBF Bobber (sold) 2001 UltraCycle FatPounder (Sold) 1975 HD ElectraGlide (Sold) 1982 Kawasaki Z1 Chopper (Sold) Suck It Up & Ride!
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06-20-2022, 11:15 AM	#5
DragonLady58 Sr. Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Somewhere South of Alaska.... Posts: 2,368	Though MAS T, I and several others have wrote about this, I don't think any of us have gone in depth about rebuilding, because its usually not something the typical rider has the equip. to service cause you need a arbor/hydraulic press, dial indicators, and some feeler gauges, shims, etc. This is something thats trial and error, sometimes taking 4 or 5 times to get the shimming right. Sometimes you can just disassemble, keeping track of the shim location and its all good. If you go to MaKawa, find someone thats got some experience on the 1500/1600s, take your angel drive to them, throw about $185-$200 at them, they'll do it for you.... __________________ --------------------- Don't start no schit, there won't be no schit.... My Sarcasm is directly proportional to the amount of Stupidity involved --------------------- VBA#03239 VROC#37400 VRA --------------------- 2014 Vaquero 2001 Nomad FI 2003 Street Glide (sold) 1500 Meanie, fresh rebuild (sold) 90s BUBF Bobber (sold) 2001 UltraCycle FatPounder (Sold) 1975 HD ElectraGlide (Sold) 1982 Kawasaki Z1 Chopper (Sold) Suck It Up & Ride! Login or Register to Remove Ads Last edited by DragonLady58; 06-20-2022 at 11:17 AM.
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03-09-2023, 05:37 PM	#12
JD Hog Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 2,960	Try this link below: http://www.vulcanbagger.com/forums/s...archid=1349017 __________________ Jim Diebolt 2015 Vulcan 1700 Voyager ABS The Black Kaw 2005 Vulcan Nomad Sold 2006 Honda 1800 VTX (Freebie) Sold 2008 Harley Ultra Classic Sold 2001 Harley Ultra Classic Sold Hangtown, Kalifornia VBA #2625
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06-17-2022, 07:33 PM	#3
BeardedGrappler504 Jr. Member Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: New Orleans Posts: 21	i searched all over the forum and couldnt find anything specific about how to go about resetting the gear with the shim kit.
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06-17-2022, 08:21 PM	#4
redjay Top Contributor Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ontario Posts: 6,982	https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...ar+replacement Anything here ?
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03-06-2023, 10:36 AM	#6
ChevyNomad Jr. Member Join Date: Nov 2021 Location: Maynooth ON, Canada Posts: 5	So... I've got the tell-tale issues with the bevel gear bearing. Whining on decal, and loss of pressure on my clutch. It's been parked for the winter since and I am considering taking on this job myself - note: I am not a mechanic. I'm want to try and tackle this myself but I can find no tutorials or walkthroughs on this repair. I have seen a bunch of videos showing how to get at it, and some really annoying videos showing the failed bearing. I do have access to a press, anything else I might need to watch for? Anyone have a good walkthrough video? I have read about replacing the bearing with "not an OEM kawi part", but no mentions if this was a good fix or not. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
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03-07-2023, 12:01 PM	#7
redjay Top Contributor Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ontario Posts: 6,982	Did you check the Search feature of the forum ? http://www.vulcanbagger.com/forums/s...archid=1348956
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03-09-2023, 11:05 AM	#11
redjay Top Contributor Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ontario Posts: 6,982	So just use the search feature of the forum. For some reason the links are not working properly. They are copy and pasted from the search feature.
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