question on oil pump install

[Rufus1]

the worm gear on the pinion shaft that drives the oil pump slides back and forth. is it suppose to do that? i have searched everywhere to find the answer. i dont even see a shim kit for this. just want to make sure i am not missing anything. thanks for your input.

 

[Sven]

I'm going to assume it's a harley copy. No, there is no shim needed. Yes, the shaft, keyway cuts, circlip grooves are preset to length and use nothing at either side of that worm gear. So Bulletproof it does not gall the pump floating like that.

However, we have a circlip position and that is where we look at the circlip and see a cut and smooth side. If we look how that is one shaft, we need to float back and forth and so the cut sides are facing out. Why? So when the thrust happens, the cut side digs into the groove, not the round side about to roll out with one good thrust at it.

Make sense?

 

[Skydiver]

Yes, its supposed to slide back and forth like that.

 

[Rufus1]

thanks for the reply that is great i just asked because there was no information on it. i didnt want to just assume and have it cause me problems later. now i can finish installing pump without that worry. thanks again.