 Andy Janzen started right...  Andy Janzen started right in on stripping the Shovelhead, with the exhaust system coming off first. |  With the oil draining from...  With the oil draining from the oil cooler and lines, the gas tank and fuel lines went to the "shopping cart." |  The rear wheel and brake were...  The rear wheel and brake were next. |
 Once the rear shocks were...  Once the rear shocks were removed, the two bolts holding the fender struts holding the fender to the frame and the struts, fender, seat and taillight were removed as a unit. |  The rear swingarm pivot bolt...  The rear swingarm pivot bolt was the last part to be removed, freeing the swingarm from the frame. |  The oil tank and battery tray...  The oil tank and battery tray were next into the cart-almost everything in the cart is headed for the swap meet. |
 Another one of the indicators...  Another one of the indicators of sloppy assembly is this deformed oil tank mount; notice the severe offset, which means that the oil tank/battery tray was not assembled correctly. |  Another friend, Steve Buchanan,...  Another friend, Steve Buchanan, showed up to aid in the disassembly by removing the forward controls and kickstand. |  The first bit of trouble the...  The first bit of trouble the crew ran into was removing the compensating sprocket nut. After some serious head scratching and some innovative tooling, the sprocket nut came off. |
 Next to come off the chassis...  Next to come off the chassis was the primary drive, then the inner primary case, and finally the transmission. |  Finally, Steve Uhl showed...  Finally, Steve Uhl showed off by jerking the Shovel engine out of the frame. |  The last part of the puzzle...  The last part of the puzzle is the frontend. Here is the wrong top bearing nut that allowed the top tree to rest on the top bearing cup and created metal filings that worked into the bearing and caused premature wear of the bearing and race. |