No, no and NO, Since some of the manuals have the primary oil fill levels wrong. In some case, the amount of fluid is not enough, and a quick way to burn a clutch up in the first place.

Bike level on bike stand,
Primary gets filled to her,


And if an evo, do not use fluid thicker than conventional 10-40 motor oil.

Thicker fluid, or fluid level too high, will cause stiction problems with the clutch plates nor releasing cleanly from each other, no maker how much you have the clutch lever pulled all the way in, or adjusted correctly.

 

I looked in my Harley service manual and it called for 26oz in the primary of my 1998 heritage but if it was a 1997 Heritage it called for 32oz. After putting in the 26oz it didn't look like enough so I ended up with 32oz in it. Also I did have the outer primary cover off to change the gasket so more oil came out than a normal drain and fill. Im not sure why the different amounts for a 1997 and 1998 evo ?

 

Go with the level shown in the pic in post #21 with the bike standing straight up.

Don't worry about the numbers.

 

As mentioned, check all linkage very closely for loose, especially the lever on the transmission.

 

@Robtattoo what was the issue, what was the fix?

 

90 % of the time with a "new to H-D" rider it's they're simply not used to the fact that an H-D needs a firmer step on the shifter than the easy snick of a Jap bike.

 

Yes, no, maybe, since its mostly a problem with either trans lever loose to spine shaft, eccentric adjuster not set to have pawl teeth adjusted centered to shift drum rods with trans in 3'rd, or worn out pawl claws/pawn claws spring broken isntead. The first two are 5 mins fixes, while the later means trans is coming apart to fix shifter pawl isntead.