Avid Driver install

[I.P.Yellow]

Does anyone have a detailed instruction or pics of taking off the old drivers and putting on the new drivers on the XP? Thanks, IP

 

[fredw]

mark the center of the old drivers on the shaft with a tape measure, then press off and mount advid and put the center of the noob, to the center of the stock drivers... that easy

when installing the new ones, make sure that the noobs are in the same spots. so they grab the track at the same time, THEN THEY ARE TIMED CORECTLY, and vibration will be minimal

 

[I.P.Yellow]

How do you press them off and on without ruining the plastic center cap in the shaft. Also, how do you support the center of the driver when pressing the new ones on?

 

[fredw]

for taking them off, you use the stock driver on the press to pust them off, use a flat plat and a socket just the same size as the outside diameter of the drivshaft so you press threw... just take a good look at it, it will come to you

 

[I.P.Yellow]

I see, that makes sense on getting em off. To push the new ones on do you use a piece of pipe or something to push on the collar and not the outside of driver and ruin it?

 

[fredw]

yes i put some grease on the new driver, then put it up to the splined shaft, and use a large socket to go from the press to the driver, start slowly, you might have a bit of plastic cutting from the drivers, but was not a issue for me, just make sure the two drivers are timed corectly

 

[pfi572]

Avid has a small tool that is used to slip over the shaft and into new driver so that it pushes over the flange on the shaft.
Tool is UHMW the same as the drivers and is only $20.00.

 

[caper11]

Make sure you go alittle past your mark the push from the other side to get the driver back square on the shaft you'll see what I mean. Take the plastic plug out of the break side and use something to knock the magnetic pickup out of the chaincase side.

 

[winter brew]

Yep, you need the install tool or make something similar to avoid cutting the driver on the sharp edge of the shaft. There is an aluminum installation sleeve available now too.

 

[I.P.Yellow]

Thanks for all the help. I do have the install tool from Avid. One thing I forgot to do is measure my distance before I took the old drivers off. I know, not good at following instructions. I have one driver on and it looks pretty close to where I need to be when I put the shaft with one driver on the track and measure from end to end with the square. I shut her down for the night, too tired. May continue tomorrow.

 

[badass1000]

I kind of screwed up too. I marked the shaft where the outisde of the stock drivers where on the shaft. the avids are wider at the contact point on the shaft. So I measured the shaft, inside of the tunnel, track, driver, etc.... Did the math and put them on. still off a little. I had the shaft and drivers in and out a few times to get them exactly where I wanted them.
easiest would be to do as fred suggested. Measure where the center of the lug is on the stock drivers. press off stockers and put the center of the lug of the avids in the same spot as stock.
I got my drivers towards the center of the windows to hopefully hold the track centered in the tunnel and not hitting the sides. if the driver nubs are in the center of the windows the track can move back and fourth a bit. I assume the rails should hold the track centered and the drivers should natually be in the center of the windows though.

 

[I.P.Yellow]

Yep, that's what I will do. Thanks for the help.