Brake Fluid question
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I don't, that's what started me down this path. But, the FSM for my vehicles don't include that step. Harley does include it in the FSM for 2018+ (or 2017, its earlier in the thread somewhere) touring bikes. Eventually when someone makes a reasonably priced tool I'll go that route. Until then, as someone suggested earlier, I am just going to use the hill hold feature to at least cycle the abs as much as possible when I am doing the flushing. If the dealer doesn't charge a fortune by me, and I need something from them, I might go that route, but I didn't buy a motorcycle to have someone else maintain it. that's part of what I like about riding.
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Where are all the reports of ABS units failing?
Based on just what I read here, the amount is minuscule that resides in unit. How it can be bad is somewhat subjective/bewildering?
Does anyone cycle their automobile ABS when or if you bleed them? If not why not?
My suggestion of group/gang sharing is it stays in one place. Not passed around. I have no issues with buds bringing bike to my place and using any tools I have, particularly something such as this if we shared the costs. Hell, I entertained the idea of opening a shop just for people to wrench on bike, the shop provides all the tools, lifts, supplies, etc and pay a fee like to HD or Indy but less per hour.
Based on just what I read here, the amount is minuscule that resides in unit. How it can be bad is somewhat subjective/bewildering?
Does anyone cycle their automobile ABS when or if you bleed them? If not why not?
My suggestion of group/gang sharing is it stays in one place. Not passed around. I have no issues with buds bringing bike to my place and using any tools I have, particularly something such as this if we shared the costs. Hell, I entertained the idea of opening a shop just for people to wrench on bike, the shop provides all the tools, lifts, supplies, etc and pay a fee like to HD or Indy but less per hour.
See this thread, specifically post #7
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...013-ultra.html
The reason for all the concern about Harley's ABS unit and the need to get ALL the old fluid out of the HCU is its failure mode, which differs from any other system I'm aware of - total loss of braking ability, not just loss of ABS. It's puzzling why the recall mentioned only covered models up to 2011. Did Harley change something in the ABS system in 2012? Only they know for sure, but clearly they still don't want anyone taking chances by not getting every last bit of old brake fluid out of the system.
Last edited by Dynamick; Feb 25, 2023 at 02:09 PM.
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