Replacing Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 oil gear like a surgeon in seven minutes (without splitting the case)

Replacing mangled Judge’s oil gear (or the original plastic gear) with new OEM steel on Vulcan 1500. PLEASE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE. A lot of people use the “Judges“ gear to replace the mangled original plastic oil gear. Then the “Judges“ gear ends up getting mangled as well. A steel OEM gear is available but without some creativity, it would require splitting the cases. I had previously referred to another video for some background but that video has been made private--at least it is today 6-25-2021. It was really helpful for me to build on to develop this process. Having said that I did find a way to remove and install the “C“ clip (which holds the oil gear shaft onto the oil pump shaft) with a modified pair of Harbor Freight needle nose pliers and do it in seven minutes (internal procedure) which could be less with an even more refined tool based on what I learned. IMPORTANT NOTE: Next time you clean the oil pump pre-screen be super careful not to allow any metal shavings, (that might have gotten into t