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Dec 18, 2020 | 10:22 PM

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straydog13

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It's an 03 wide glide. I haven't had time to pull the primary yet. I'm kinda embarrassed I can't remember much about it tbh.

Dec 18, 2020 | 11:50 PM

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Zanthamos

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So it's not the solenoid style bendix.

Dec 19, 2020 | 01:29 AM

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Clammy

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Originally Posted by RIPSAW

It's a sprag clutch. The grease is dried and caked. You cain't wear one out. Clean it and grease lightly with high-temperature silicon grease.

They break when the engine kicks back during start up. I'm WELL acquainted with the issue. Reaper used to like to eat at least one per riding season. The summer I had a bad battery, she ate 4 of them! Problem was finally solved when I did her top end rebuild this summer and found that the last shop to do her top end used the wrong head gaskets, and had the compression up around 12.5:1, so even with compression releases, it was kicking back regularly during startup. Since the rebuild, using the correct head gaskets, it hasn't happened once.