v-max final drive

[turbota2]

Will a 97 v-max final drive fit an 03 midnight venture and if so is it worth the swap? Thank you.
Wayne

[FreezyRider]

It will bolt up, but there is no mount on it for the speedo pickup. However, you could take it to a good machine shop along with your stock rear end and have them machine a mount into it. I actually have such a unit on my 99. The guy I got it from had a machine shop bore the hole and machine the mounting area so it could work. Does a great job.

The other option, as I understand it, is to actually swap out the gears between the two housings. I have read a write-up somewhere on doing that. It may have been on the venturers.org website, not sure.

Joe

[SaltyDawg]

Do a search. There is someone who will do the work for you at a cost. Not sure what what it costs. I think Freebird had this done as well as several others.

It's supposed to give you shorter gears and get the bikes rpm's in the right powerband at 70MPH if I am not mistaken. It's better for towing bikes and mountain riding.