Road glide issue
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From: along the shore of Mishigami
All good info on the ideas of opening the primary and if anything is amiss. There is also the good chance the shift linkage is stripped on the shift shaft that goes into the transmission. That's a sharp Streetglide you have, was the photo taken up at the state park in Muskegon? I'm down here in the land of tulips and windmills. Is Steel Horse Cycle on Beech Tree St. still in business for any repairs that can't be handled?
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To the original poster, are any of you comfortable wrenching on a bike? Your buddy purchased a bike from another friend with a transmission issue. Obviously the previous owner could not fix the problem and the new bike owner is asking for help. Do you have a shop manual? I advise opening the cover and take a lot of pictures as you start removing every item and place them somewhere in the order they were removed.
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From: Grand Haven Mi.
All good info on the ideas of opening the primary and if anything is amiss. There is also the good chance the shift linkage is stripped on the shift shaft that goes into the transmission. That's a sharp Streetglide you have, was the photo taken up at the state park in Muskegon? I'm down here in the land of tulips and windmills. Is Steel Horse Cycle on Beech Tree St. still in business for any repairs that can't be handled?
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Roasted the rear drive sprocket, Maybe primary trans bearing too as the trans was empty. pulled the upper cover and its shifting through the gears fine
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Since the rear sprocket is toast, I would replace the rear sprocket belt and front sprocket. That will require clutch pack coming off, and any assoc. bearings need replacing. New clutch plates wouldn't hurt. Sounds like a nice little winter project. Hope you have some heat in the garage. Do you think the previous owner ran the transmission dry?
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Since the rear sprocket is toast, I would replace the rear sprocket belt and front sprocket. That will require clutch pack coming off, and any assoc. bearings need replacing. New clutch plates wouldn't hurt. Sounds like a nice little winter project. Hope you have some heat in the garage. Do you think the previous owner ran the transmission dry?
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