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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mjlovstrom" data-source="post: 1384162" data-attributes="member: 90618">Yes it's not hard at all, and it took me about 2 hours total..  When you take the rear tire off, loosen the 6 ( I think there were 6) nuts holding the final drive plate-- just loosen them..   you will remove them fully when you remove the drive off the bike-- just makes it easier... Be sure to clean the drive good, as there will be caked on krud that could fall into the wrong places.  I used a wire brush and followed up with a shop vac... You will have to pry off the plate with a screw driver/ prybar but takes little effort as it's just an o-ring sealing the unit.   Take a look at the micro-fiche on-line to get a good idea how it's put together, and you will see that it's nothing but a Ring, Pinion, shims, a thrust washer an big bearing that you have to mess with... the bearing is pressed on the ring gear shaft and you don't have to worry about nothing on that.     I literally took it out of the garage and was so happy that I didn't get a clunk everytime I shifted a gear or let off the gas and accelerated out of a corner--- very annoying.One thing, when putting it back together the bearing/ ring gear is tough to get back in as it's a tight fit into the housing .   I used a heavy rubber mallet and just tapped it around until it was fully seated...   I didn't use, or need a press at all.</blockquote>