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Stage III
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Need help fast!
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!
Tourer
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: illinois
im with tracker....it sounds like the clutch is improporly adjusted or malfunctioning in some way to cause this. hope you get it fixed tho, but your baffles and exhaust would have nothing to do with this, so if its your mechanic buddy who told you to replace them id seek a new mechanic. id also try and stay off the bike till its figured out before you kill yourself
Road Captain
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From: Pasadena, TX
Try this. Grab the clutch cable right before where it seats into the clutch perch on the handlebars. Pull on it and see how far it pulls away from the clutch perch. It should only move about 1/8". If it moves considerably further than that, you cable is too loose.
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From: NJ
The Clutch pack inside the primary case needs adjustment at about 5 k.....then do the cable. you tube has clutch pack videos.
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