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Vibrations
All summer I've been having this vibration in my 02 deuce fxstdi-efi. Iv posted about it so many times I may get stripped of my membership for reciprocating question but I'm going ask my question in a different manner. It's just this simple do the twin cam 88 b series, gear drive cams, vibrate as a norm, like in the middle of the bike, the pegs, the air filter cover, the tank and a little bit in the seat. It's about to start worrying me, cause I'm thinking it's not normal for it to have that buzzing feel like that. It's not a bad, like shaking the mirrors bad or anything but it's still a vibration. Now I've had bikes long enough to know that Harley's vibrate but this one is a vibration I've never experienced before but this is the first ridged mounted motor I've had. Any and all you guys help is appreciated, TIA
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Sounds like the crank sproket the drives the balancer system has shifted from it's index point on the crank. Having said that, there are other conditions that can cause such a vibration in a sofftail. Anything that touches the frame can cause a vibration like the OP describes. A couple of years ago, my brother's softail developed an unpleasant vibration; his hands would go numb after an hour of riding. We had some difficulty finding the source but finally located a small rock the had managed to wedge itself between the motor case and frame. Don't ask me how; don't know. Just saying, check for possible contact between motor case, exhaust, etc. and frame as well as loose/broken motor mount or other loose connections to frame. If all that checks out, balancer sprocket could be the source. The fix is split the cases, re-index the sprocket and tack weld.
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Sounds like the crank sproket the drives the balancer system has shifted from it's index point on the crank. Having said that, there are other conditions that can cause such a vibration in a sofftail. Anything that touches the frame can cause a vibration like the OP describes. A couple of years ago, my brother's softail developed an unpleasant vibration; his hands would go numb after an hour of riding. We had some difficulty finding the source but finally located a small rock the had managed to wedge itself between the motor case and frame. Don't ask me how; don't know. Just saying, check for possible contact between motor case, exhaust, etc. and frame as well as loose/broken motor mount or other loose connections to frame. If all that checks out, balancer sprocket could be the source. The fix is split the cases, re-index the sprocket and tack weld.
If the coil mount or tank mounting tabs break, you have a 10000000% confirmation the balancer sprocket has spun. Softails don't have the vibrations you are describing normally.
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Sounds like the crank sproket the drives the balancer system has shifted from it's index point on the crank. Having said that, there are other conditions that can cause such a vibration in a sofftail. Anything that touches the frame can cause a vibration like the OP describes. A couple of years ago, my brother's softail developed an unpleasant vibration; his hands would go numb after an hour of riding. We had some difficulty finding the source but finally located a small rock the had managed to wedge itself between the motor case and frame. Don't ask me how; don't know. Just saying, check for possible contact between motor case, exhaust, etc. and frame as well as loose/broken motor mount or other loose connections to frame. If all that checks out, balancer sprocket could be the source. The fix is split the cases, re-index the sprocket and tack weld.
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