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Granted they developed several attempts at correcting the problem with several bulletins. But their official line is still in rare cases, caused by riding style. Acknowledged would have been a recall with a proven fix.
I have worked for several automotive manufacturers and the bulletin and verbiage used is the legal department not acknowledging the problem to avoid a manufacturing change and recall.
I have worked for several automotive manufacturers and the bulletin and verbiage used is the legal department not acknowledging the problem to avoid a manufacturing change and recall.
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Actually I did not join to rant. I did not join to have a bunch of condescending asshats apologize for the MOCO not doing the right thing when they had a known defect. This defect by the way is a safety issue should the transmission lock up when it goes dry on a long run.
As an engineer in the automotive industry for over 25 years I can assure you the are taking the cheap way out. If I could delete this account I would. Im not seeking sycophants Im seeking information on whether the bandaid works.
As an engineer in the automotive industry for over 25 years I can assure you the are taking the cheap way out. If I could delete this account I would. Im not seeking sycophants Im seeking information on whether the bandaid works.
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Actually I did not join to rant. I did not join to have a bunch of condescending asshats apologize for the MOCO not doing the right thing when they had a known defect. This defect by the way is a safety issue should the transmission lock up when it goes dry on a long run.
As an engineer in the automotive industry for over 25 years I can assure you the are taking the cheap way out. If I could delete this account I would. Im not seeking sycophants Im seeking information on whether the bandaid works.
As an engineer in the automotive industry for over 25 years I can assure you the are taking the cheap way out. If I could delete this account I would. Im not seeking sycophants Im seeking information on whether the bandaid works.
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From: SE Michigan
Actually I did not join to rant. I did not join to have a bunch of condescending asshats apologize for the MOCO not doing the right thing when they had a known defect. This defect by the way is a safety issue should the transmission lock up when it goes dry on a long run.
As an engineer in the automotive industry for over 25 years I can assure you the are taking the cheap way out. If I could delete this account I would. Im not seeking sycophants Im seeking information on whether the bandaid works.
As an engineer in the automotive industry for over 25 years I can assure you the are taking the cheap way out. If I could delete this account I would. Im not seeking sycophants Im seeking information on whether the bandaid works.
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From: Central Arkansas
Actually I did not join to rant. I did not join to have a bunch of condescending asshats apologize for the MOCO not doing the right thing when they had a known defect. This defect by the way is a safety issue should the transmission lock up when it goes dry on a long run.
As an engineer in the automotive industry for over 25 years I can assure you the are taking the cheap way out. If I could delete this account I would. Im not seeking sycophants Im seeking information on whether the bandaid works.
As an engineer in the automotive industry for over 25 years I can assure you the are taking the cheap way out. If I could delete this account I would. Im not seeking sycophants Im seeking information on whether the bandaid works.
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@murphspringer Please read (if you can), and draw your own conclusions. And I hope at some point you'll realize that behaving like a richard is not productive.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/milwa...or-failed.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/milwa...or-failed.html
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I had the vent installed on my 2019 Triglide and it fixed the transferring issue. My dealer and service writer are great, all I did was tell them I think I have an issue with the transferring of fluid and they scheduled me for a warranty fix. They have always treated me well because they know I work on motorcycles and do the minor maintenance on my bikes.
They will even tell me when a service does not need to accomplished like head bearing greasing, told me just not to do it as it was not necessary until the bearings needed replacing, probably at 100K miles.
This is a Harley Forum and most everyone here rides and is or close to being a "biker" which means you need to have a little thicker skin and take some of the jabs in stride.
Oh and if you really want to have some fun, go here on the forum: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/polit...discussion-78/ I am sure you will be welcomed and appreciated
Good luck with your issue and best regards.
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Um, no. They have not developed several attempts at correcting the problem, they developed one (1), and it works. Often service bulletins will get revised based on updated information. And they did implement a manufacturing change by including it in new production as of late 2019.
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Well, ok. I'll grant you that. But the vent, which was (as you know) released a couple of years ago, works and is now on every bike manufactured, so like many others here, I'm puzzled by the posts by the OP which alternate between self promoting to accusatory and are not productive. We answered his question such as it was.