Did this ever happen to you ?
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2010
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Same experience as you. Thought I had a blown fork seal that would be covered under warranty so I bought Progressive Monotubes to drop in at that time only to find out is was neck grease. Paid $360 to put front suspension in and cleaned neck grease. After several weeks of cleaning decided to pump in red high pressure grease. I pumped pumped and pumped 2 tubes to make sure all that brown liquid grease was out. Had the red thick high pressure grease coming out everywhere. Took off the front fairing and cleaned it up. A few weeks later in 90+ degree heat no splatters. Happy but a few hours of cleaning to get it right.
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Tourer
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Southern Illinois
Sure enough your right, and who would of guessed you could grease most of the bike from that on spot.
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Tourer
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From: Southern Illinois
...that's ok...a few years ago in a town close to mine called Weymouth MA, a guy I know had his oil changed at a Speedy...the oil drain plug was never tightened...he got a couple miles down the road when the engine noise came on and then the motor cooked shortly after he pulled over.....
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Orange Co, California
Same thing happened on my wife's 1K service on her SG. We told the service about it and they apologized and explained why it does that sometimes and recommended we specify they use the old "blue grease" at the next service. Will work just as well but won't run/streak like the new stuff.
Cruiser
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Washington
Same thing happened on my wife's 1K service on her SG. We told the service about it and they apologized and explained why it does that sometimes and recommended we specify they use the old "blue grease" at the next service. Will work just as well but won't run/streak like the new stuff.
Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Superior, WI
One thing I've learned is all Dealers are NOT created equally. Don't let one bad experience make you gun shy. Yes, buying a service manual is a great tool, and work on what you feel comfortable with. My Dealer is good at turning wrenches and general service, but I won't let them touch the internals of my motor. I'll go to a builder for that. They have made it very clear to me that they are just "parts hangers". But they do very good work on general services and such and I trust them for that.
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From: 50 Miles North N.Y.C.
The tech didnt do anything wrong other than use the Harley recommended Multipurpose Grease in the open ended neck bearing. That grease is commonly known to have a low melting point and therefore runs out of the bearing after the engine heat gets to it after a while. It will eventually stop. A seasoned tech might have used a Hi Temp grease. Personally I wouldt let it scare me from using them for service again after all its what the Moco tells them to use.
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From: 50 Miles North N.Y.C.
The blue grease is called for on Touring Models. As per service manual.