Total complete brake failure! Read!!!
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I can’t believe there were at least 70 posts of members banging on H-D, technology, and dealerships before anyone thought to call BS...
Everything typed into the internet isn't always true...
I call “troll” on this one... too shady for me to believe.
I’m good with my bike, brakes, abs, etc.
ride on brothers
pc
Everything typed into the internet isn't always true...
I call “troll” on this one... too shady for me to believe.
I’m good with my bike, brakes, abs, etc.
ride on brothers
pc
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I don't think troll. Maybe more to it. Maybe blaming ABS, when a brake issue. Again, if ABS fails shouldn't the brakes work normally? Though not aware of how HD does it.
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Fer craps sake, do some research before posting the same BS over and over.
Again, the HD recall was due to a problem with a component that could fail due to deposits forming from the owners failure to change brake fluid as required by the service interval.
https://www.consumerreports.org/reca...ll-brakes-abs/
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/h...brake-failure/
And, yes, while it doesn't fit the scenario described in the OP, it could cause brake failure in the HD design:
Again, the HD recall was due to a problem with a component that could fail due to deposits forming from the owners failure to change brake fluid as required by the service interval.
https://www.consumerreports.org/reca...ll-brakes-abs/
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/h...brake-failure/
And, yes, while it doesn't fit the scenario described in the OP, it could cause brake failure in the HD design:
Apparently, a failure to flush brake fluid in accordance with the recommended two-year maintenance schedule may result in a valve within the ABS hydraulic control unit becoming impaired by deposits. Such deposits could lead to malfunctioning brakes, including failure.
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But again, how many people actually change their brake fluid? Most don't do it in autos. Maybe with less fluid in a bike it is hightened. But even with my dot 5, it just doesn't fail out of nowhere. Which if this did, would be a serious issue.
I still wonder if they were compromised for a bit, and when he reallyed needed it they were not there. But I wasn't there. So I don't know. It boggles my mind that at the previous stop, they worked. But maybe air bubble or crud moved.
I still wonder if they were compromised for a bit, and when he reallyed needed it they were not there. But I wasn't there. So I don't know. It boggles my mind that at the previous stop, they worked. But maybe air bubble or crud moved.
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Next question why dot 4? Why not dot 3, which I think has been in cars for a very long time? You like to think Harley engineers have a reason. Less fluid, boiling point, I dunno.
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first, you mention dot 5, well, that isn't compatible with abs, so that rules that out. then you mention dot4 vs dot3. dot4 has a higher boiling point than dot3. otherwise, they are compatible with each other.
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It's been posted multiple times.
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So why dot 4?
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