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  • PaulT
    PaulT
    6 years ago
    Hey there, I'm putting Redline trans oil in my transmission and Ive put in the whole 945ml and its barely showing on the dip stick. Its supposed to only take 803ml to fill, whats with that? Its a 114 M8 donk 
  • DocGreen
    DocGreen
    6 years ago
    Quoting PaulT on 03 Jun 2018 06:26 AM

    Hey there, I'm putting Redline trans oil in my transmission and Ive put in the whole 945ml and its barely showing on the dip stick. Its supposed to only take 803ml to fill, whats with that? Its a 114 M8 donk 

    PaulT, gather this is a softail frame'd M8? Are you screwing the trans dipstick in until it just touches the O ring? This is the procedure for checking/adjusting the tourer box's oil level. These chromed dip sticks are very hard to read also mate, but reckon the redline would show up a lot  easier.

    DocGreen
  • PaulT
    PaulT
    6 years ago
    hey Doc yeah a 2018 Fat Boy, I'm screwing it in all the way to the o-ring. The gear box is still really clunky even with the Redline in it. It literally slams into first gear like its going to break something.  I wonder if its the clutch adjustment, the lever has over a centimeter of free play.... 
  • DocGreen
    DocGreen
    6 years ago
    Quoting PaulT on 03 Jun 2018 09:23 AM

    hey Doc yeah a 2018 Fat Boy, I'm screwing it in all the way to the o-ring. The gear box is still really clunky even with the Redline in it. It literally slams into first gear like its going to break something.  I wonder if its the clutch adjustment, the lever has over a centimeter of free play.... 

    should have looked at your avatar hey ;) In all honesty mate, get your dealer to look at it, may be as simple as you said - adjusting the clutch cable freeplay. My M8 SGS is actually pretty smooth most of the time, just take it a bit slower on selecting gears when pulling in the clutch helps, but definitely doesn't clunk into gear like somethings going to break. I bought the factory manual for mine from the dealer, cost about $70 from memory, the manual part number should be in the back of your owners manual if interested.
    Nice bike btw.

    DocGreen
  • PaulT
    PaulT
    6 years ago
    Oh I put the avatar up after your reply :o)  Yeah I'll pop into the dealer tomorrow. I have another thread on here about a 114 fat bob loan bike I took one day from the dealer and the gear box was as slick and smooth as any Ducati and I'm not exaggerating. I don't know how the same engine and gear box can be so different in the two bikes.  Thanks I love this bike so much it hurts.....

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  • brucefxdl
    brucefxdl
    6 years ago
    Quoting PaulT on 03 Jun 2018 09:23 AM

    hey Doc yeah a 2018 Fat Boy, I'm screwing it in all the way to the o-ring. The gear box is still really clunky even with the Redline in it. It literally slams into first gear like its going to break something.  I wonder if its the clutch adjustment, the lever has over a centimeter of free play.... 

    where are you measuring your free travel?...end of lever or gap between lever and perch?
  • PaulT
    PaulT
    6 years ago
    Quoting PaulT on 03 Jun 2018 09:23 AM

    hey Doc yeah a 2018 Fat Boy, I'm screwing it in all the way to the o-ring. The gear box is still really clunky even with the Redline in it. It literally slams into first gear like its going to break something.  I wonder if its the clutch adjustment, the lever has over a centimeter of free play.... 

    Quoting brucefxdl on 03 Jun 2018 09:55 AM

    where are you measuring your free travel?...end of lever or gap between lever and perch?

    gap between the lever and the perch
  • brucefxdl
    brucefxdl
    6 years ago
    Quoting PaulT on 03 Jun 2018 09:23 AM

    hey Doc yeah a 2018 Fat Boy, I'm screwing it in all the way to the o-ring. The gear box is still really clunky even with the Redline in it. It literally slams into first gear like its going to break something.  I wonder if its the clutch adjustment, the lever has over a centimeter of free play.... 

    Quoting brucefxdl on 03 Jun 2018 09:55 AM

    where are you measuring your free travel?...end of lever or gap between lever and perch?

    Quoting PaulT on 03 Jun 2018 10:01 AM

    gap between the lever and the perch

    ok,think thats a bit much,adjust it back to 2-3 mm and try that ,if it works well [ for a quick test] then find the factory spec and fine tune it.cheers
  • Stew70
    Stew70
    6 years ago
    Nice buke PaulT.   I have the same bike but the 107 model.   I have just bought the same slip ons too.   Which baffle are you using?   Standard or Competition?.   Anyway I hope you get the clutch cable sorted.   My gearbox clunks into first when cold but smooths out once its at running temp.   I do have a little bit of clunky-ness on occasion.   Perhaps an oil change might help in my case or maybe I need to slow down the gear changes a bit.      
  • PaulT
    PaulT
    6 years ago
    Thanks Stew, I think its standard baffling in the pipes, got a really nice note, not obnoxiously loud but you sure know I'm there.
  • brucefxdl
    brucefxdl
    6 years ago
    gday pault ,how did you go with your 1st gear engagement,clutch function?
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