This listing is for one Set of DMC Brass Pads and one DMC 21 tooth Heavy Duty top gear bushing and new top gear with 50% more load bearing area than stock and will not damage your jackshaft like needle bearings. After 5 years Thousands in use on some of the fastest high horsepower sleds and tens of thousands of miles, we are confident to offer this proven solution to Sidewinder / Thundercat owners who don't want to have there trip ruined or don't want to always carry around a spare gear or change the top gear every year and hope it lasts the whole year.
We are the originals and still offer the engineered best top gear solution
Our bushing is made with an ultra strong alloy (Not simple brass like some copies).
Our design also provides support for the overhung teeth, this also provides additional press fit area to keep the bushing in place.
We see many of the copy designs that are manufactured as our patent pending design is.
We also see the DIY designs come out of the gear as there is not enough press fit on these designs.
We also tried to offer a Do It Yourself option, but could not get a consistent proper fit with enough press fit to keep the bushing in place, so we decided against this and continue to offer our original design.
We continue to see several of the DIY press in bushings fail and come out of the gear as the press fit is not proper to keep the bushing in the gear.
If you have one of these DIY bushings and have this condition, we offer a significant discount to upgrade to our DMC design.
NOTE: Our DMC gear / bushing solution allows you to retain your reverse function.
Link to installation instructions below.
https://youtu.be/uMvftjAaE9Y
Note: We have seen a few top gear bushings in some machines that are ridden in a less aggressive way, are not boosted, not studded, etc and the bushing has lasted a few thousand miles. But we have also seen a disproportionate majority of top gears on sleds that are boosted, studded, and or ridden aggressively that have failed and either ruined a expensive trip or left the sled disabled in the trail or both.
1702-490 or 8KC-E769A-11-00 = 21 tooth In Stock
We also have the 24 and 22 tooth gears listed in separate eBay ads.:
1702-491 = 22 tooth In Stock
1702-488, 8KC-E769A-41-00 = 24 tooth in stock
Gear will come with simple detailed instructions.
We also have our brass shift fork pads back in stock, these replace the stock plastic pads that often break and leave you with only reverse.
These are listed on a separate eBay ad. "DMC Brass Shift Fork Pads"
As we have experienced a high volume of orders please allow 2 days to ship.
For shipments to Europe, please email me for shipping options.