Jsud04 wrote on 09/29/14 at 07:45:50:What do you think about my method of tightening it down? Too much?
Well....there is no way to know what kind of torque is on it with that method. I suppose if you didn't break off the stud or strip the threads, it might be OK? I torque it down to the high end of the allowable range with a torque wrench....but then I am not dealing with a worn shaft yet.
You know what is a bit weird about this??????? Lots of motorcycles have the sprockets loose on the shaft....with only a snap ring or similar keeper to hold the sprocket on the shaft....and they don't wear out. The Kawasaki KZ750 limited has a very similar pulley to the Savage, and the pulley is held on by a keeper that has splines and fits into a groove, and is then bolted to the outside of the pulley....it acts like a snap ring that can't rotate. Those shafts must be made of something harder than the Savage is.
Have any folks that converted to chains had problems - the sprocket has much less surface area on the splined shaft?????.