My starter went out on my '08 Street Glide. My dealer is telling me it was due to a bad bearing. The MoCo is reporting that there is a backorder and new starters for this model wont be available until the 12th of October. My SG is stock with 18.5k on it.
Anybody else having a problem?
I am also wondering how the MoCo intends to compensate me for a brand new bike, (purchased new in May of this year), being down for three weeks? I am going to give the customer service a call today and will report back.

 

You go there.

 

I bet they would not wait three weeks for the monthly payment, but they expect to be okay without your bike for three weeks, thats bs.

 

The only thing you will get out of the MoCo will be a starter and labor in about three weeks.

You might ask about a loaner bike.

 

Did the dealer say there was going to be a re-call on this starter issue?

 

This is the only thing I have seen on starters thus far

 

Thanks, Dawg. Is it a good idea then to check the toque for the starter bolts and torquing to 25-27 ft-lbs. Just to make sure, are these the bolts?

 

The dealer didnt report there being a re-call, though he suspected that there might be because he believed because the starters are on back-order at the MoCo that there are sufficient numbers of '08 SG's with the issue. The problem with the starter, according to my dealer, is a bad bearing, which is allowing oil to flow through and soaking the starter??

I initially brought it to the dealer for a slow leak from beneath the primary. After reviewing here and taking a close look at the bike, I speculated that it was a primary seal. I suggested this to my dealer when I took it in and they came back to me the next day reporting that the bearing in the starter was bad and that this is what was causing the leak...

 

oh...
So no recall.

 

Interesting! Will have to keep an eye in this.