It's hard to comprehend the fact you would ride the bike after seeing "orange plastic shavings" in your oil.

 

Best of luck mate, hope this thread has a happy ending.

 

Not sure if you noticed Kevin but FXD is in Honduras so parts take a lot longer to arrive + cost is a lot more, that and he use's his bike everyday. Tbh I would've done the same, 47 years old and never owned a car, why would I when with that cash I can buy another bike?

 

You said it brother!

Anyway, here are some advancements from last night...like I said before, I have to take the engine out for complete disassembly...

Exhausts are out, air filter is out...according the manual I have to undo the carb but I haven't done that yet.



On the other side, the primary cover has been removed, I still need to disassemble the primary chaincase and the inner cover in order to remove the engine...guess I'll need the primary locking tool or at least a working substitute...




Surprisingly enough, the front cylinder rocker box cover had NO GASKET!!! All it had was this thin red layer of something...unbelievable!




Also, I'm using a straw to measure TDC on the cylinders...the bike is on a jack, and I've set the bike on 5th gear, but whenever I turn the rear wheel there's this crackling sound, like something is stuck inside the bottom end of the engine...I don't like that!




I also snapped a sensor trying to disconnect it...oh well, such is life. Is it the Crankshaft position sensor by any chance?





So yeah, that's the progress so far, the current objective is to remove the engine from the frame for a closer inspection...stay tuned!

 

Good luck with the dis-assembly. Progress, slow but sure will get you there. I'll be following along.

 

That is the oil pressure switch. Like 16$ at Napa.

 

Oh, alright, no biggie then. That's good.

 

And you didnt break the sender. Just the elbow on the connecting wire. 10 cent eyelet and a 10-32 nut and its all good. I forgot to add that to my other post. Sender is still good.

 

Update#3 Barely any progress

Tonight I took out the clutch disks and pressure plates...I was trying to remove the primary but I didn't have the socket to move those nuts...(that's what she said)

The Clymer manual calls for an impact wrench to remove them, but I don't have such tools, can I use the right size socket and a breaker bar instead?




I also think I can use one of my wrenches as a primary locking substitute...would you say it's a good idea? Comments are always welcome! Thanks for keeping up!

 

You prolly need a cheeter pipe on a breaker bar and maybe a propane torch to move that nut. I usually use a chissel for a locking bar. Those teeth are pretty tough.