2005 dyna super glide
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2005 dyna super glide
well notice the other day after riding for an hour and half noticed the oil light blinking i checked oil level was full and then checked the connection to the sensor was tight what else to look for
thanks Ken
thanks Ken
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Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but it could be the chain tensioners have come apart(as they often do) and taken the oil pump and other internal parts with them. Could just be a bad oil pressure switch. Could be a bad bulb. Could be anything. How many miles? Tensioners ever changed or checked? Making any noise? Blinking at idle or running speed?
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Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but it could be the chain tensioners have come apart(as they often do) and taken the oil pump and other internal parts with them. Could just be a bad oil pressure switch. Could be a bad bulb. Could be anything. How many miles? Tensioners ever changed or checked? Making any noise? Blinking at idle or running speed?
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The cam chain tensioners are in the cam chest on the left side of the engine case ... I think it rather unlikely, as your bike only has 22,000 miles ... possible, but unlikely ....
If you have the Service Manual it shows how to remove the cover ... the cam chain tensioners on the '05 Super Glide are spring loaded ('06 and later the design switched to hydraulic chain tensioners) ....
The Service Manual is not really so important for removal of the cover and inspection of the tensioner shoes as it is for the replacement of the cover and torque values and tightening sequence for the cover bolts ....
The other 'wrinkle' is that the primary cam chain tensioner (the one that tensions the chain driving the cams off the crankshaft) is readily visible once you remove the cover; but the secondary cam chain tensioner is behind the camshaft support plate ... (i.e., you will have to do a lot more 'digging' to get to inspect the secondary cam chain tensioner shoes) ....
If the primary is showing excess wear it might make sense to check the secondary; but, otherwise it doesn't seem to make sense that the secondary tensioner shoe would wear out that much more rapidly than the primary, to warrant checking it if the primary tensioner shoe looks good ....
Ordinarily, it'll take around 50,000 miles or more to wear the things out ... that's why I think it is a little bit of a long shot ....
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Have you checked to see if there is a code being generated by the ECM ... it will show up as a digital readout in the odometer display ....
If not, check that and let us know what 'code' is being generated ....
Good luck and keep us posted ....
R/
'Chop
If you have the Service Manual it shows how to remove the cover ... the cam chain tensioners on the '05 Super Glide are spring loaded ('06 and later the design switched to hydraulic chain tensioners) ....
The Service Manual is not really so important for removal of the cover and inspection of the tensioner shoes as it is for the replacement of the cover and torque values and tightening sequence for the cover bolts ....
The other 'wrinkle' is that the primary cam chain tensioner (the one that tensions the chain driving the cams off the crankshaft) is readily visible once you remove the cover; but the secondary cam chain tensioner is behind the camshaft support plate ... (i.e., you will have to do a lot more 'digging' to get to inspect the secondary cam chain tensioner shoes) ....
If the primary is showing excess wear it might make sense to check the secondary; but, otherwise it doesn't seem to make sense that the secondary tensioner shoe would wear out that much more rapidly than the primary, to warrant checking it if the primary tensioner shoe looks good ....
Ordinarily, it'll take around 50,000 miles or more to wear the things out ... that's why I think it is a little bit of a long shot ....
* * *
Have you checked to see if there is a code being generated by the ECM ... it will show up as a digital readout in the odometer display ....
If not, check that and let us know what 'code' is being generated ....
Good luck and keep us posted ....
R/
'Chop
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The primary cam chain tensioner is #210 in the diagram below, the secondary cam chain tensioner is #216 ....
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On my 2002 FLHPTI one of the tension shoes was almost worn away by 23,000 miles. Found it when doing a 95 BB install and going to gear cams. One shoe had hardly any wear. I don't remember which shoe was the bad one. Inner or outer.
Good luck. Hope it is nothing serious.
Good luck. Hope it is nothing serious.