I have a 2008 CVO Screamin’ Eagle Softail Springer. The only functional modification is a SuperTrapp 2 into 1 exhaust with adjustable baffles. I bought it used with 4,000 miles and had no problems. About 2,000 miles ago, I removed all the baffles (using an alan wrench as designed). I am now at 8,000 miles. About 1000-1500 miles ago, it appeared that my clutch wasn’t working. The bike would try to take off on its own and it became very hard to shift. The longer I rode, it became almost impossible to shift into neutral unless I turned the bike off. I had my local mechanic rebuild the hydraulic clutch twice. After both attempts failed, we eventually installed a cable clutch and scrapped the hydraulic one. It appeared to work fine for 100 miles or so. Now it is doing it all over again. The longer I ride, the worse it gets (on a single ride). It feels like pressure is building inside the engine and can’t escape. When it gets really bad, I attempt to go from neutral to 1st gear and the bike conchs out. I re-installed the baffles this afternoon and let it run for a while. No change. Someone told me about a sequence in 2008 and later bikes that basically re-maps. I can’t find it anywhere. Please help. I am going to wreck soon if I can’t figure this out!

 

Not talking bad about this forum, but you may get more responses to a weird one like this if you join and post on cvoharley.com

http://www.cvoharley.com

 

With a 3 post history, you shoulda at least asked nice.

 

Hey JCW,
I am a long time member on the CVO site. Do not sweat the being new on here comments.
I have a friend that has the same bike as you and he has had similar problems. His clutch plates would not release. He works overseas and does not ride it much. He took it back to the dealer cause it was under warranty and they replaced the clutch disks. What kind of oil are you putting in it? It sounds like you may have to go in it. Maybe sand the clutch disks or replace them. May not be your problem but it sounds like the same problem. Is it under warranty? There may have been a recall on it too. Go to the Harley website and you can put your vin number in and see if there is a recall for this problem. Hope it helps.
Ray

 

Nice response to someone looking for help. You should be proud.
Ray

 

He said please......no reason to bust his chops......the poor guy is looking for help!!!

 

Amen.

 

would have someone else readjust the cluth , they will do that when they get hot if they are adjusted too tightly

 

Are you using synthetic oil? I had this problem with my flt. I used HD primary oil before changing to synthetic oil. I changed the clutch plates & went back to HD primary oil. Synthetic oil was too slick to let the clutch release. You can take clutch apart , clean them & coat them with primary oil. This will probably solve your problem.