New crack in case
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Cruiser
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From: Central, TX
New crack in case
This was found today by Harley. The thing that pisses me off is I have had an indy dealer in my primary 5 times over the past year and they have never mentioned this. The last time was under 200 miles ago and I do not think this could be that big in under 200 miles.
Any ides, past experiences?
Any ides, past experiences?
Stellar HDF Member
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From: Russellville, Arkansas
Totally agree.....in fact, a '92 Dyna I once owned cracked in the exact same place. However, my current '98 Low Rider with maybe 25,000 miles has never cracked. Maybe something changed on the early Dynas compared to the last EVO Dyna models.
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I am by no means an expert on Evo case, but I can tell you this, I have never been in my local Indy shop and NOT seen a set of Evo cases on his bench getting welded and machined for that exact issue.
Road Warrior
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Road Master
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Running with cracked case?
I had a cracked engine case/6" hairline according to my mechanic on my '91 FLHS with 65K mi. It has been cracked for years and got worse this season and went from 1-2" to 6". He put some kind of glue or adhesive on it recently and it still poured oil out so I went to a Rivera Primo Brute III primary belt set up and no more leak. I never did ask if it was ok to run with that cracked case? Is it in a structural area that could fail and cause other problems? 
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Road Master
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From: SE Michigan
Cool...
Thanks. I guess I assumed my mechanic would have mentioned it or just didn't think about it I was so distracted with the new primary belt drive change over.