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[HUBBARD]

Yeah, 'er 'uh, kng103,
 

[grc]

went to the stealer on saturday to adjust my clutch.
did nothing. in fact its worse now.
the mech there told me that i need a new clutch.
[highlight]how can changing a tranny mess up the clutch?[/highlight]
they are going to pick the bike up and fix it n/c.
they are a very good stealership.
i am just puzzles by the whole thing.
bike was fine before the tranny change.

The clutch has to be disassembled and removed to install the trans. Perhaps something wasn't reinstalled correctly, the stock spring was installed instead of the heavier one on the 103's, hard to tell without seeing the parts.

[kng103]

when i first had the bike built new in 04, the dealer put on a lite clutch kit.
when i had them put in the 6 speed, they told me that that kit would not work with the tranny, and put in the hd ez clutch n/c.
i wonder if any of that had to do with the clutch going bad?

[grc]

kng103,

I would bet on it.

[kng103]

you would think that if thats the case, why would they change out the heavier spring for the light one?
they know im at 115 #'s of torque. they built the motor.
things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmmm. :-?

[tony1968]

Take the clutch pack apart and check the plates as assembled, you can put the plates in wrong and it will ride and slip sometimes. Sounds like a plate is misplaced...

[kng103]

kng103,

I would bet on it.

[110tHunDer]

no problem though, i said they are a good stealership, and they are. they are going to replace the clutch n/c.

kng, if you think they are good and they corrected the problem for you no charge, why the "stealership" reference? [smiley=nixweiss.gif]

[kng103]

kng, if you think they are good and they corrected the problem for you no charge, why the "stealership" reference? [smiley=nixweiss.gif]

you still have to pay for the glorified $300.00+ oil changes.
or as they call it sheduled maintainance. 1k,5k,10k etc.

[GC_Super]

you still have to pay for the glorified $300.00+ oil changes.
or as they call it sheduled maintainance. 1k,5k,10k etc.

You don't HAVE to pay them for service.  Unless they are putting a gun to your head.  

[kng103]

You don't HAVE to pay them for service.

[GC_Super]

kng, understood on the warranty thing.  I was just fishing to see if you had one of those dealers that tells customers that you "have" to let them do your service to maintain the warranty.
 My new dealer, who I had no experience with before this purchase, has already indicated to me that I "need" to let them do my first service for warranty reasons. As soon as I mentioned the legal issues of him not being able to make that possible, they haven't mentioned it since.
 I thoroughly enjoy doing my own service. I keep my bike in a seperate building ( The Harley House ) and I can go down there and hide for a few hours and take my time and do it right.

[RJ749]

I can tell you from experience that the first thing the MoCo looks at if you have an issue out of warranty, that they may handle on goodwill if they choose, is dealer service record.

If you have done zero at the dealer they won't goodwill much.  Personally I do every other service there so they can't say I didn't maintain it the way a dealer would have.  It works out to be cheap insurance against a big problem.  Plus I have their extended warranty and those guys expect it all to be done or it's like pulling teeth to get anything covered.

[JCZ]

went to the stealer on saturday to adjust my clutch.
did nothing. in fact its worse now.
the mech there told me that i need a new clutch.
how can changing a tranny mess up the clutch?
they are going to pick the bike up and fix it n/c.
they are a very good stealership.
i am just puzzled by the whole thing.
bike was fine before the tranny change.

If they're a good dealership and they're going to fix it no charge why would you slam them by calling them a "stelership"? [smiley=nixweiss.gif]  Sounds to me like a good dealership and not a stealership. [smiley=nixweiss.gif]

[kng103]

If they're a good dealership and they're going to fix it no charge why would you slam them by calling them a "stelership"? [smiley=nixweiss.gif]