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lifters
anyone here that the motor companies having problems with the lifter rollers on the 11 & 12 bikes? i heard there was a tsb out on this, just don't know where to go to read it. more junk from harley.
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More people need to learn how to fix this stuff themselves. HD is cutting corners but people keep buying them. This wont change. Its too bad you have to drop a few grand into the motor to make it right. If they made a bike that never broke the service dept would be out of buisnes. Designed obsolescence.
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More people need to learn how to fix this stuff themselves. HD is cutting corners but people keep buying them. This wont change. Its too bad you have to drop a few grand into the motor to make it right. If they made a bike that never broke the service dept would be out of buisnes. Designed obsolescence.
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Traded in my Softail for a FLHTK. The softail (only 10 months old) had a "quiet" engine, but annoying electrical problems. The Limited's engine seems to have a lot more "clatter" then the other bike, same engine (I think, both 103's) but just really noisey.
I know they say these valve trains are typically noisey, but how much is too much?
I know they say these valve trains are typically noisey, but how much is too much?
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Traded in my Softail for a FLHTK. The softail (only 10 months old) had a "quiet" engine, but annoying electrical problems. The Limited's engine seems to have a lot more "clatter" then the other bike, same engine (I think, both 103's) but just really noisey.
I know they say these valve trains are typically noisey, but how much is too much?
I know they say these valve trains are typically noisey, but how much is too much?
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Bleed down - usually after riding or overnight, when the engine is started, lifter or lifters may lose the oil in the cavity that keeps them 'pumped up' causing a lot of noise until the cavity fills with oil again.