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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 03:33 PM
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just wondering if any of you had trany problems with the
new 6 speed...thanks
 
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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 04:45 PM
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38500 miles the main drive gear bearing went. $850.00 . I had IDS installed at 7000 miles we changed the IDS bearing and isolators while the bike was in the shop.
 
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07 Street Glide 42,000 miles, all 5 transmission bearings shot
 
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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 05:18 PM
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For those that had problems.... what type of lubrication where you running. That may be instructive for the rest of us.

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31K with no problems, using Amsoil 75/90
 
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Makes me glad I have an 03RK - 30K no issues.
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Everything is OK so far but of course I just have a tad over 10 K miles on mine.
 
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How could you tell the bearing was going out? With as much noise as these bikes make, I doubt I would ever hear it.
 
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How could you tell the bearing was going out? With as much noise as these bikes make, I doubt I would ever hear it.
When we stopped and I shut the bike off and pushed it back into a parking space I got a clunking noise as I was pushing it back. I tried pushing it forward and had the noise. The next morning when the bike was cold it would not make the noise so I took it for a short warm up ride and sure enough the noise came back. I knew something was wrong and jacked the rear wheel to see where the noise was coming from and it was transmission, so I trailered it to the dealer.
I had been using 75/140 spectro and changed to 75/90 Amsoil, only because the Amsoil is easier to find here, however I don't think this failure had anything to do with lubrication.
When my bike was new before they came out with IDS I had the clatter problem bad in 5th and 6th gear all the way up to 75MPH. The IDS cured the clatter completly. I still wonder if that clatter and the bearing failure are related, maybe out of tolorence or something from the factory.
Like I said it broke at 38500 miles and I now have 41200 and it seems to be ok. Time and some more miles will tell.
 
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Originally Posted by brogers
When we stopped and I shut the bike off and pushed it back into a parking space I got a clunking noise as I was pushing it back. I tried pushing it forward and had the noise.
Thanks for the details, just so the rest of us know what to look for.
 
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