Having trouble with gear install

monkeywrench · Post by **monkeywrench** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:20 pm

this is a picture of the sa50 aka dio amercan well i have 3 seprate dio's two 94's and one 2000 model well iknow that the 94s have barrings in the final drive shaft that go in the trans cover. and the 2000 doesnt but needs a shim washer. this helps free the final drive shaft. i prefer the 94 with barring becouse this helps reduce friction so my 2000 elite has the 94 trans cover with the barring and 94 drive shaft that is fitted for the barring

Karman · Post by **Karman** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:35 am

I figured out my problem and its rooted in the ASN gear set. When I put the smaller gear side by side with the stock one, the ASN is slightly longer. This caused it to hit the housing when it was bolted together. I pulled out the thicker plastic thrust washer in the back and everything went together ok. I'll replace it with a thinner one later, as I don't like the idea of the gear being in constant contact with the back of the trans case.

The bad news is, these gears didn't have the effect on top end speed that I thought they would. When I put in the gear set, I also replaced the stock pulley with a Keli (and got rid of the restrictor plate in the process). So my Elite is currently with the stock carb (68 main jet), restricted exhaust, Keli pulley and 8.44 gear set. I had reached 23mph bone stock, and with the gears and pulley installed I get a whopping 27mph. A big 4mph. What a letdown. I realize I'm still restricted at the exhaust, airbox, carb jet, etc. and I didn't expect much, but 4mph? I expected to see that just out of the removal of the restrictor plate and replacement of the pulley.

mopedman · Post by **mopedman** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:25 pm

well it sould go faster then that stock.... there is something wrong

Karman · Post by **Karman** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:16 pm

Oh

My

God

What a difference. Since I didn't see much initially with my gear install, I decided to bolt on the PG long tonight to see what it did. It was normal (stock-ish) to 20mph and then it took off like a rocket. Unbelievable. It was like the butterflies opened up on a supercharger. All that from swapping out the exhaust. No telling how fast I was going. The needle on the speedo was well into the fuel gauge.

And now for the big bore kit....