guess I'm going to do the fix like everyone else.
Oil leak ?
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I know it is hugely popular on this forum to grab the die grinder or dremel and start grinding away on the inner primary to remove stators, usually for a comp change, but I would have to believe H-D put that lip in there for a reason. I have heard it stated a few times that lip is for oil to pool behind and be picked up by the front sprocket, but regardless it must be there for a reason otherwise H-D would have just enlarged or moved the cover forward instead of creating the lip. It is not a huge amount of work to get the primary off, the hardest part is getting at the starter bolts on the older bikes with the rear cylinder Y-pipe. If you have an 09 or newer or changed the exhaust then its really no big deal. Also pulling the inner lets you check out the inner primary bearing and race for wear or failure, which have shown to be a weak point.
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lots of usefull info there 
im guessing it is a problem with the leak , but i dont get why harley didnt put the bloody hole str8 up as in at the top of primary so even if you filled the da mn thing rite up it still wouldnt leak out !!!!!!! , me thinks im gunna do the sikaflex thing until i get some dosh to do a belt/ or se comp ! oh and you two buga's make up hey rofl
im guessing it is a problem with the leak , but i dont get why harley didnt put the bloody hole str8 up as in at the top of primary so even if you filled the da mn thing rite up it still wouldnt leak out !!!!!!! , me thinks im gunna do the sikaflex thing until i get some dosh to do a belt/ or se comp ! oh and you two buga's make up hey rofl
It is not a huge amount of work to get the primary off, the hardest part is getting at the starter bolts on the older bikes with the rear cylinder Y-pipe. If you have an 09 or newer or changed the exhaust then its really no big deal. Also pulling the inner lets you check out the inner primary bearing and race for wear or failure, which have shown to be a weak point.
Last edited by Mike; Jan 13, 2012 at 02:30 AM.
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I'm going to throw another idea out there. I also thought mine was leaking awhile back and left it go for a couple of weeks. Well, it started to drip and I was just about to tear into it. I started looking around and found out it was my oil cooler adapter that was leaking. When the adapter first started leaking, it must have migrated to the left side of the bike and then the wind caught it and threw it right on to that grommet. So, before you tear into anything, look around real good first. You just never know.
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