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Old Jun 14, 2014 | 01:19 PM
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Old Jun 14, 2014 | 02:07 PM
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Save your money and get the "real deal".
Clymer doesn't come close to the real factory Service Manual for your specific year bike.

 
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got mine from harley - best money i spent on my bike !
 
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What's wrong with the clymer manual? I have this same book and it's great! Very good detail and step by step instructions. I don't feel intimidated by any job with this book.
 
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I'll get the actual service manual if I end up keeping the bike in the long run. This is just for the odds and ends I feel like working on myself if I don't feel like having HD do it under my extended warranty.
Got a service manual for my '88 Trans Am. Best money I ever spent on it. Then again, I've had it almost 15 years.
 
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What's wrong with the clymer manual? I have this same book and it's great! Very good detail and step by step instructions. I don't feel intimidated by any job with this book.
Clymer is nowhere as detailed as the factory Service Manual. If you notice, the manual posted by the OP covers 2004 - 2013. This time spread covers many changes, some major and many minor, across the Sporty model line. I'm actually surprised that Clymer has chosen to wrap both 04-06 carbed bikes into the same manual with the 07 & later EFI models. The problem comes when the non-year specific manual overlooks the minor changes.
 
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Clymer is nowhere as detailed as the factory Service Manual. If you notice, the manual posted by the OP covers 2004 - 2013. This time spread covers many changes, some major and many minor, across the Sporty model line. I'm actually surprised that Clymer has chosen to wrap both 04-06 carbed bikes into the same manual with the 07 & later EFI models. The problem comes when the non-year specific manual overlooks the minor changes.

I have had 0 issues with any of the jobs I have had to do with this book. The section about the EFI bikes is in the back of the book.

Just saying it's not a bad manual, I'm using it just fine.
 
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I have had 0 issues with any of the jobs I have had to do with this book. The section about the EFI bikes is in the back of the book.

Just saying it's not a bad manual, I'm using it just fine.
Hey, what ever works for you.

Out of curiosity, what does the Clymer manual recommend for the rear axle torque spec. for both an 07 and 08 Sporty?
 
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Hey, what ever works for you.

Out of curiosity, what does the Clymer manual recommend for the rear axle torque spec. for both an 07 and 08 Sporty?

Can't say, manual is at home and I'm at work. Maybe OP can fill you in.
 
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