IDS on 07 Street Glide?
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 11,615
Likes: 50
From: Baton Rouge, LA
Mainshaft bearing (aka 5th-gear bearing) #8967, the double ball bearing with the plastic walls. The plastic cracked and the bearing lost its integrity over time. Surprisingly it didn't disintegrate and only one ball escaped in 16k miles.
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,598
Likes: 19
From: Naples FL / Pine TWP PA
So are we talking about the primary or tranny mainshaft bearings? I said "tranny" in the first sentence of my post above but meant to say "primary" and changed it. So if HD used two different trannies in '07, why would that impact the primary bearing, if that's the one we're talking about?
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,542
Likes: 2
From: Cocoa Beach, Florida
One of my transmission output shaft bearings (the one under the clutch basket that's pressed into the inner primary housing - disassembly of the transmission itself not required for repair) failed at 29K miles. Yep - failed despite IDS install at less than 10K miles.
My understanding is that this bearing was revised, the transmission shaft diameter under this bearing was increased, and 5th gear was made helical as "official" '08 model year changes but also installed in some late '07 bikes.
Several other '07 owners have had the same failure at around 30K miles and there's another thread https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...g-primary.html on this issue. Dawg and/or iclick and/or siflarson would maybe know.
Last edited by RangeRat; Jun 25, 2010 at 07:08 PM.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,122
Likes: 43
From: Boise Idaho
Do you suppose Dave knows what a load mouth you are on this sight and how much business you my could be potentially running off for his dealership, like mine.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
