Nichols Flywheel

[lowd239]

Well thanks to some help from the board I began work on my starter rebuild as well as installing a nichols flywheel.   I jumped into taking the alt cover off and everything was going well until I was putting the nichols flywheel back on and I realized I never made a marked down where the timing mark was before i took the old flywheel off.   The instructions say to line up the timing mark on the flywheel with the notch on the crankshaft.  I may just be dense but I dont see any mark on the crankshaft other than two notches on either side.

Also do I need to use the supplied spacer on my 01 m900sie?  The instructions talk of a "center spacer" which I have no clue about.   Im think i am better suited to instructions with pictures.   

Im getting excited reading all the nichols flywheel posts and cant wait to get my bike going!

[lowd239]

heres a link to the nichols instructions

http://www.nicholsmfg.com/flywheel-inst-4.html

[printman]

sorry can't help, but will give you the bump to keep it up top



post up if its resolved

[lowd239]

yup figured it out.  I did not have to take the center bearing out to remove the flywheel so thats probably why I never realized what it actually was.  Also there is a notch on one side of the crankshaft that the flywheel timing magnet lines up with.   The bike is up and running and I plan to go out ridding here it a bit!!!

[kuhlka]

I've got a nichols lightweight flywheel on my 1098.  It seemed to make the bike a bit more flickable from side-to-side, the engine now revs like a race bike and is easier to blip when downshifting, and the throttle response is improved with much less chugging engine vibration when you gas it at low revs.  Overall, I'm very pleased with the results.

[kuhlka]

Have you had any problems with your bike since the flywheel install?

[scduc]

Let me know if you think it was a good investment. I am thinking about it, but not sure.

[junior varsity]

i should have mailed you $50 to film the process. You'd think it be on youtube by now.