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Old May 26, 2014 | 03:49 PM
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Hey guys, I was out for a nice short ride today everything was going great and all of a sudden my bike started making a loud squealing noise and my rear tire locked up on me. So I get to the side of the road thought it was the rear brakes but they are fine. So I put it in neutral and go to start it and it jumps just like if you were starting it in gear without pulling the clutch weird right. I pull the clutch in kick it into 1st and go to get back on the road but it's like I'm holding the brakes it won't move after a little more trying it starts to move then stops and makes a huge clunking noise. Enough to freak me out and keep from trying that again so I'm lost any ideas as to what the issue could be. It's a 1999 FLHTC TC/88 with 9,000 miles on it.
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Old May 26, 2014 | 03:56 PM
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Just off the hip here, did the 10k service just get done and someone forgot to put oil in the primary?
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 04:04 PM
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Drive pully bolts... Are they backing out and hitting the swingarm? How do you only have 9000 miles on a '99?
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 04:12 PM
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Old May 26, 2014 | 04:17 PM
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Sounds like a catastrophic transmission failure. Hope not!
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 04:22 PM
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I just changed all the fluids myself there's definitely fluid in the primary and I bought it a year ago with 3000 miles on it
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 04:23 PM
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I am second the drive pulley bolts.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...osened-up.html
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by SpiderPig
I am second the drive pulley bolts.

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Drive pulley bolts wouldn't keep it from starting in neutral. Gotta be in the primary.
 
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clutch hub broken is my guess or bad bearing in it.
 
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Originally Posted by jus2anoyu
Drive pulley bolts wouldn't keep it from starting in neutral. Gotta be in the primary.
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clutch hub broken is my guess or bad bearing in it.
 
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