bad news .... problem is , It's just one of those 'out of left field ' that happens , I'm sure the bike will run for many years to come , problem free .
Btw ..what was the damage on the bill to have that repaired ?
Yep - I am in the 2009 Softail boat with 24000 on the clock - warranty expires early December this year.
Pearcy gave me a heads up the other day about his problem.
Hey Hilly, I am interested in what ya know mate. Can you put it in a nutshell so to speak and post it up here?
from memory there has been quite a lot of documentation on this forum and the US one.... both Scotty (bugger that means a lot of info has been pulled) and I think Oz contributed a fair bit..... seach under crank runout.....
I had Scotty check mine when he did a cam change and it was around 3 1/2 thou which is around the amended max and from what forums state is around average.... I've done 60k in my 2007 Street Bob.
Mine is a 2007 softail FXST 103 CI CAMS Heads no issues touch wood 34,000 kays and going strong .
Good to get your bike back mate ...
$ 550.00 sounds about right , there would of been oils , gaskit , and the bearing , plus the removel of the chain inside of the primary too , clutch , ect.... Good to hear the bike is running smoother too , they could of adjusted the chain a little , and freash oil may of helped too .
hope thats the last of the repairs for some time
Timmey
Hey Hilly,
Very much appreciated mate.
I am about to have a few more horses installed so the welded SE comp part sounds the extra thing I will get added.
Cheers.
Hey Steve - can you tell me something - i have problem that might be the same - when stationery and in neutral with i get a grinding noise but if i move the bike back or forward 1/2 meter then the noise either increases or decreases - and noise goes away as soon as i put in gear and hold in clutch - can you tell me if you had same and if so then i'm going looking for same fault - cheers
Had same problem on my last bike 2006 Dyna Wide Glide. First one went at 18 months & 16,000 km's. Fixed under warranty. Had it happen again at 4 years & 47,000 km's. HD paid for parts & i paid for 2 hours labour to fix $200.
Hey Hilly or anyone else on-line who has had to do this - i'm going through the manual trying to work what i need to take off to get to the primary bearing cause i think that just might be the same problem (as Pearcy) that i have on my 03 FXDWG (i'm getting a vibrating grinding noise when in neutral which either gets either louder or goes away if i move bike in neutral forward or backwards and noise goes away when i put it in gear with clutch on - but now also starting to get noise when accelerating in first)
When i get i apart will it be obvious if its the primary bearing that's fucked?
From the manual i think i have to remove the primary case inner housing and i think the manual is saying that i need to also remove the starter motor - but i can't tell if i need to do that - what do you think about starter removal?
Hoping i don't need to touch the transmission - any clue?
In the thread you suggested a Baker 1 piece inner primary bearing - do i get that through HD dealer?
You indicated 2 piece rotor and stator but i can't see them in the manual - are they called something different in the manual?
You suggested replacing compensator - is that the compenstating sprocket? and i can see what the rotor is that you said comes with the SE comp 40274-08
Any ideas??
Cheers,
Numbers
