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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 08:47 AM
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while my 2011 103 streetglide is in the shop getting warranty work on the motor due to a ticking noise...they found a scored lifter so thats what they are replacing..and im upgrading to se-255 cams....didn't want the same ones back in there and they wouldn't pay for new ones.....i also complained that my baffles on the right side pipe has became loose 3 times now...and i've had to take the tip off and tap it back on....when i explained this to the service manager....his reply is that they are not ratteling now...i said i know....because i had to beat the sob's back on again.....when i spoke to the dealership manager....he told me they found the problem....that they were in backwards from the factory ?????..... i didn't argue with him over the phone....but did mention it to him that when i seen him next that im not sure who told him that or if that was his bullshit attempt to pass some crap on me.....but i had taken pictueres up the tail pipes before i turned the bike over to them....not even sure you can put them baffles in backwards....im afraid im gonna get the bike back and its just gonna keep getting loose and ratteling around in there....causing me constant headaches....
 
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 08:59 AM
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It was new with Rineharts on it from the factory? Had to put my own on and caught Chit from the dealer at the 1000 mile service because they said they would make it run leaner and possibly burn the valves.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by 11glide103
It was new with Rineharts on it from the factory? Had to put my own on and caught Chit from the dealer at the 1000 mile service because they said they would make it run leaner and possibly burn the valves.
From the Rinehart factory I imagine, don't you?
 
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 06:31 PM
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Are you running 3.5 or 4 inch Rineharts?
Congrats on the 255's, they should be a nice power increase! Any clue on how you got a scored lifter? Was it tuned at the dealer when you added the exhaust?
 
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 06:36 PM
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4" mufflers have different dimensions on each end, making it pretty hard to install backwards? I would have a hard time beliving that story.......
 
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