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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 05:45 PM
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Default Transmission drain plug location

Just bought another harley, this time a 2002 Heritage Softail. Can anyone please tell me where the drain plug for the transmission is located please? I am pretty sure they have moved it to a different location from my last harley. I cannot make sense of the drawing in my owners manual, just hard to tell where it is showing the location.
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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Its underneath the bike between the shocks on the bottom of the transmission.

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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 08:55 PM
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 11:39 PM
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easy to tell, the one that goes to the rubber hose if the motor oil. That leaves only the trans plug.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 07:31 AM
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Thanks for the info, appreciate all the help!
 
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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 08:40 AM
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That sucker is hard to get to !!! really need a mirror. I hate where it is.
 
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 08:28 AM
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yeah voyager1, no ****. You really got to pay attention when re-installing the plug. Always paranoid about stripping the plug because you can;t get a real good feel for it with your hands while you can;t see what your doing. tricky angle.. the plug doesn;t thread easy when getting started, so you don;t know if the threads are lined up.. Just be careful.
 
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 08:51 AM
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Use a thin wall socket cause its real tight on one side and btw it's worse on 07's and later

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