Cool, thanks man!

 

You're welcome. Please let us know the result when you're done with it

 

Any other advice on where exactly to make the cut on the mount and what is the best cutting tool for the job in your opinion? :-)

 

Mine was touching as well. Not as much as some. I was able to fix mine without much trouble, after having the first one replace under warranty.

I posted the fix in the Under $50 thread.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...ml#post8175855

Worked fine.

 

Just to follow up on your great post.

Just bought a new 2011 Super Glide and have 370 miles on it. Took it to the dealer this morning and told them the front isolator has collapsed and that it needs to be replaced or 'shaved' as some have mentioned in previous posts.

The tech came out and said 'I'm not sure I understand what you mean by collapsed.' so I explained that there should be a clearance from the top to the engine bracket ...yadayadayada.. And he said 'well let me see if they have a new one in stock to compare with.' I said there is a new WG on the floor and that has the clearance I'm talking about. We both went in and looked and he insisted that there was no problem with mine and that's 'how they are' eve though mine was sitting on the mount and the new one on the floor had about 1/4 inch gap.

He got the new mount, compared the one on my bike to the new one and said 'well it does look like this one (pointing to the new one) sits higher' he went back and put it on and before he did he came out to show me the difference in the new one and the old one. There was a marked difference in the one that came off my bike (looked just like the photo above) and he replaced it with the new one.

The ride home was great. No harsh vibes to my hands and at speed was much better. They also did a vehicle aligment' all under warranty. I wanted to have them do this so it would be documented at the dealer and they will send the old part back to HD. They even said HD may not do anything with the old part but just to note that this had to be replaced.

Just sharing and if you have the warranty, USE IT!

 

Oh and I'd like to note that in the end, the dealership service department was very happy to do this and gave me no problems about swapping it out. In fact aft he saw that the part was indeed distorted, he agreed that this should be replaced.

Props to Shen HD in Va. Big time. Love those guys!

 

I think Handsome is on to something there for those out of warranty.

martinrobert, good to hear you had a positive experience at the Dealer with getting your mount replaced.

 

I shimmed the mounts myself and was amazed in the amount of vibration that disappeared!

 

my mirrors vibrate
my bike has 1500 miles on it
I am feeling vibes in my bars
stereo prevents me from hearing any real noises
going to try riding around with out it.
always had to rig a chain and a turnbuckle to my mopars to stop from ripping the motor mounts out.
doesn't look like that will work here.
I do not want to put the same crap back in.
aftermarkets jumping in yet?
recall?
at least supersede it with a better part.


great thread great website thanx for all the info

 

Awesome post