[PaXman11]

Contact Jon Losey, I will message you his phone number. He services flanges. You can send him yours as a core, he will send you back a serviced upgraded flange. He addresses the design flaw, I can't exactly tell you what the flaw is, but the flange he sends you is ready to go, and will outlast the bike. It is worth it, I did mine, and many other members here and on vtxoa have as well.

I second the re-man flanges from Jon (JONS1800VTXC on the VTXOA). He will quote a flat price, and once you send him yours, he'll see if it is serviceable to re-man. If it is, he will rebate a portion of your $ back.

 

[PaXman11]

First I am hearing of this service.
Can anyone explain what is entailed? What is the flaw in the flange etc?
I put new bearings in mine a couple weeks ago. Maybe I got lucky but it wasn't a terrible job on mine.

I believe it has something to do with the micro clearances in the bore. Jon could probably explain it. I have his street address, and phone #, but won't post it in an open forum. You can PM me if you want. At the time I replaced mine, maybe 5 years ago, he rebated me maybe 20 or 25% for a good core. I'm sure the cost of services has gone up. FJB

 

[PaXman11]

I have his snail mail address, but NOT his ph. #. Sorry.

 

[PaXman11]

Good heads up. Shortly after posting this, I found a OEM flange being offered for 200.00 so I went ahead and snagged it up. I am not opposed to spending a bit more than the bikes worth at this point to get it right, but I also enjoy the gratification of "doing it by the book". I will R&R the actual wheel bearings/tires in the meantime.

Inspect the final drive rubber wedges for odd wear, and if there is any metallic shavings in the paste that should be lubing the contact parts. It needs cleaned and re-lubed with something like Honda Moly 77 PASTE, not grease. Grease gets hot and spreads all over causing a mess and reduced lube capability. Paste stays put and does its job. Not very expensive for a small tube and a little goes a long way. BTW it cleans up easily with Simple Green.