No More Clunk
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From: ID Ho
Not sure if it's okay to talk tech or not, but I just thought of another thing that can cause stiff shifting and hard to find neautral.
Over filling the primary can cause this.
If it calls for 26 oz - use 26 oz (some softails), don't just throw a quart in there because it is easier.
Over filling is not good.
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Over filling the primary can cause this.
If it calls for 26 oz - use 26 oz (some softails), don't just throw a quart in there because it is easier.
Over filling is not good.
.
With the bike upright, meaning verticle and level, meaning horizontal you fill the primary to the BOTTOM edge of the clutch SPRING!
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But the "called for" amount often gets it close to there. Not always, and should be confirmed.
horizontal
Worth mentioning again. Sometimes your jack (if not centered) will have your front wheel higher than the rear. I almost got fooled by that recently.
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Not sure if it's okay to talk tech or not, but I just thought of another thing that can cause stiff shifting and hard to find neautral.
Over filling the primary can cause this.
If it calls for 26 oz - use 26 oz (some softails), don't just throw a quart in there because it is easier.
Over filling is not good.
.
Over filling the primary can cause this.
If it calls for 26 oz - use 26 oz (some softails), don't just throw a quart in there because it is easier.
Over filling is not good.
.
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lot of pissin going on about a clunk that if it was a bad thing Harley would of fixed from the git go,all i say is if ya dont like the clunk buy a metric for crip sake.hel nxt it will be how to get ried of the rocker noise on a shovel.......Start the bike in gear if ya dont like the clunk(for non kickers of course)........
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if it was a bad thing Harley would of fixed from the git go,
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Ain't u ever seen a love/hate relationship before?
We just be passin' the winter duldrums with some messageboard debate action.
No hard feelin's from me.
Thanks for the link, BTW.
We just be passin' the winter duldrums with some messageboard debate action.
No hard feelin's from me.
Thanks for the link, BTW.
Last edited by Faast Ed; Mar 7, 2010 at 07:57 PM.
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From: ID Ho
As soon as they figured out what WAS causing the problem it was taken care of.
When there is NO PRBLEM they dont fix it, kinda like the trans clunk that IS NOT a problem and the stock comp that IS NOT a problem or the 5th gear whine that IS NOT a problem. NONE of these has ever failed, just caused whining owners!