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Aug 31, 2004 | 04:54 PM

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Primary case noise

I have an 03 Softtail FXST with only 2000 mi. I was starting her up the other day, she was in neutral and the choke was not on. She was trying to turn over, so I gave her a little gas, and a strange noise came from the primary case. She finally started up, and now it sounds as though there is a bb jumping around in the case. Would anyone know what the heck that could be? Could something have snapped off somehow when I was starting her up? She's running just fine, just making the bb rattiling noise it the case. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Sep 1, 2004 | 02:05 AM

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RE: Primary case noise

When was the last time you checked your primary chain tension?

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Sep 4, 2004 | 08:02 AM

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RE: Primary case noise

You might want to take off the inspection covers and have looksy.

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Sep 9, 2004 | 04:57 PM

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RE: Primary case noise

Thanks for the replies, it turns out that the nut on the chain tension adjuster was loose and causing all of the noise.

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