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brandon450r

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i have a 96 softail springer that has a 96'' s&s, everything else is stock. The starter and ring gear started making grinding noises so i decided to replace them.(they were pretty chewed up) My question is should i go with a different # of teeth? Right now it has a 10 102 set up and i dont have a decompression cam.
 
I really dont know, i just got the bike. I was told its a 96'' and nothing has been done to it. What # of teeth should i go with to get more torque?
 
There's really no need to go to a different ratio with the 96 unless there is a higher CR than a stock ratio. Above 10-1 would be beneficial with a different ratio and each modification that is done on a bike sometime causes other problems in my experience. If you are having no problems with the stock gearing, I would stay there and if necessary have compression reliefs installed if you are having a starting problem.

You may want to contact S&S with the motor serial number and see what you can find out as far as what's inside.
 
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