mytro
Expert
Roest said:According to BCBOOST the spacer cures the problem. Its not that the spacer keeps the bolt from bottoming out in the driveshaft, rather that without the spacer the collar bore does not meet the end of the driveshaft. Its shy by about 5mm and thus the collar presses against the part Yamaha calls a "journal". Just installed spacer on a friends sled. It hasn't been ridden so time will tell. As far as mine....I don't have reverse.
Old bolt p/n 90105-10320-00
New bolt p/n 90105-10368-00
I'm sure there was another post on this? Can someone confirm my thinking on this before I put it back together. The "collar" does not meet the drive shaft this we know, so the bolt will have a "stretch" factor on it when we tighten it, then any run out from drive shaft, collar and bearing will be directed to that "weak" area of bolt causing it to break. If the drive shaft were the right length ( longer) the collar would bottom out and the breakage would not occur.
So the washer are making up this space..
Would the new bolt not break as well without washers? ( spacers)?