Speedo Bearing Rivets

[bulldiesel]

I have read that some people drill out the rivets inside the tunnel in order to completely remove the shaft but was wondering if they put them back in or leave them out?
If you leave them out is water/moisture not a problem?

Thanks,

 

[yamaha_snopro]

If you are trying to remove the shaft just take the bolts out that hold the bearing cover on. The bearing will come right out the back side.

 

[bulldiesel]

Thanks for the response but that is not what I mean...I have the shaft pushed out to the clutch side but the bearing is seized on the shaft so in order to use a puller or press I need to get the shaft completely out but the bearing will not pass through the flange/hole the rivets are in...I am speaking about the inside of the tunnel.

Thanks,

 

[redsnake3]

if you remove the rivets than you dont have to remove the bearing from the driveshaft to remove the shaft from the chassis. i have done this since i take my track of my sled usually 4 or 5 times in the year. and it works great. no more prying on the bearing with everything me and a friend can find.

 

[NY AttakGT]

Stupid questions..but. Did you loosen the two T-15 torx set screws on the collar of the bearing? I'm assuming you are talking about the bearing clutch side of the shaft. On the chaincase side there are large nuts securing the shaft inside the chaincase.

--Steve (O.C.)

 

[yamaholic22]

yes you can grind off the rivets and no you dont necessarily need to replace them as long as you make sure the nuts are tight on the speedo drive side (inside the bellypan)

 

[bulldiesel]

o.k Yamaholic got what I meant....I did remove the torx screws and the shaft is free of the case and is pushed to the left ( Clutch side ) with the speedo cover removed.

However, even with the set screws removed I cannot get the bearing off the shaft so I figured I would take the shaft completely out...The problem was that the shaft cannot be removed because the bearing cannot pass through the hole in the tunnel because of the plate on the inside which is riveted and has the 3 studs that you lock the cover on to...

My concern was simply if I remove the rivets and get everything back together and do not fill the holes made by removing the rivets would water/moisture be a problem?

Thanks Guys...

 

[yammy]

I had the sam,e problem wiyh mine ...I just torched it off, the bearing that is; the shaft is extremly hard ...if done right ,you wont hurt it