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[Twolanerider]

I thought that the folks who have already paid for rear brake switch repairs might like to have a copy of the reimbursement claim form for their review.


Jerry

"All reimbursement in the form of a dealer credit."  Mother Harley give you a bar part in the brake circuit and if you were unlucky enough to have to fix it once or twice before they got off the dime you're stuck with a store credit to cash in for new tshirts.

[UFO_HOG]

"All reimbursement in the form of a dealer credit."  Mother Harley give you a bar part in the brake circuit and if you were unlucky enough to have to fix it once or twice before they got off the dime you're stuck with a store credit to cash in for new tshirts.

I'm thinking that meant credit to the dealer, not store credit.

[Twolanerider]

I'm thinking that meant credit to the dealer, not store credit.

You're right.  I'm an idiot.  Didn't even read the fill-in-the-blanks so didn't notice it was a form from a shop to the MoCo rather than a form from the bike owner to whomever.

[grc]

I forgot to mention that; the form is supposed to be filled out by the dealer and signed by the customer, then the dealer is supposed to fax it and the receipt/repair order to Harley.  Harley will credit the dealers account I imagine, but how the customer gets his money isn't exactly spelled out.  How much you want to bet that some dealers will handle it as a store credit, not a cash refund?


Jerry

[Midnight Rider]

I forgot to mention that; the form is supposed to be filled out by the dealer and signed by the customer, then the dealer is supposed to fax it and the receipt/repair order to Harley.  Harley will credit the dealers account I imagine, but how the customer gets his money isn't exactly spelled out.  How much you want to bet that some dealers will handle it as a store credit, not a cash refund?


Jerry

You're likely right, Jerry...my response to that would be "Can I pay you with Chickens the next time I need service work done?"  Last time I looked, most of the US businesses don't barter for goods/services.

[CWH]

I got my switch replaced this past Saturday, may be the last ride for awhile, cold front starting to move in.

[wideglidejoe]

I read about the recall on here before I heard it on the news.  I called one of my local dealers (my favorite of the two), the service rep said she'd have some switches within a week.  I called back 5 days later, she had "several" switches.  Took it to her last Friday, she indicated it was +/- 1 hr.  I hung around the showroom; sure enough I saw them take it on a test ride just a little more than an hour later.  As I was waiting, two local police bikes came in for the same thing; said they had a total of 14 bikes, all recalled.

Everything seems fine; no soft or mushy pedal.  Using rear brake only slows it down about the same as before, near as I can tell, altho' not as much as the dual front discs, which is normal.

IMO, it is the heat from the cat causing the damage to the switch.  My switch wasn't leaking yet, and brake light still worked with rear brake only, but then again, I only had about 800 miles on the bike when I changed to a Fullsac X-B.   Those with bikes that have changed to exhaust systems w/o cats at a low mileage probably won't have any trouble, but should still change to the other switch, regardless.

[djkak]

...IMO, it is the heat from the cat causing the damage to the switch.  My switch wasn't leaking yet, and brake light still worked with rear brake only, but then again, I only had about 800 miles on the bike when I changed to a Fullsac X-B. Those with bikes that have changed to exhaust systems w/o cats at a low mileage probably won't have any trouble, but should still change to the other switch, regardless.

My ’09 has run the stock catless header with Kerker slip-on’s since mile 1. My rear brake light hasn’t worked all year. You don’t need to run a cat for this switch to fail.

[MAT]

Had mine replaced this afternoon, everything was fine before and everything seems fine now, although the pedal seems a bit softer...


Mike

[faceracer]

Took my cat off at 5k and lost my switch at 23k. 2 trips to the dealer before they replaced it and then the recall came out. I think they cheaped out on the new smaller pressure switch. JMHO


Those of you who had the recall done. Can you tell me does the switch look and different and did they add some type of heat shield to it?

[Grillfish]

http://msocko.servebbs.com/webpicts/M1310.PDF

Picture of new switch in the recall notice PDF.

[wideglidejoe]

Pic that Grillfish posted from Service Bulletin is accurate.

No heat shield.

[LarryB]

The problem with the old switch is the epoxy used to seal it, with the high temps at the cat, the switch will leak. new version has a higher temp epoxy.

[erniezap]

Got the recall done today at the local dealership.  A word of advice:
Check your brakes as soon as you get on the bike!

My dealership is right next to the on ramp for the freeway.  Jumped on the bike, got on the freeway, and when I tried to slow down on the off ramp I had about 1/4 to 1/2 of the braking power that I should have had!  Luckily I had plenty of room.  Turned around and went back to the dealer.  They "re-bled" the brakes manually then on the digital tech while I watched.  Brakes work fine now.  Just once I'd like to go to an HD dealer and have work done right the first time!  I guess that's why the only people who work on my bikes is Jim and I...

[MAT]

Got the recall done today at the local dealership.  A word of advice:
Check your brakes as soon as you get on the bike!

My dealership is right next to the on ramp for the freeway.  Jumped on the bike, got on the freeway, and when I tried to slow down on the off ramp I had about 1/4 to 1/2 of the braking power that I should have had!  Luckily I had plenty of room.  Turned around and went back to the dealer.  They "re-bled" the brakes manually then on the digital tech while I watched.  Brakes work fine now.  Just once I'd like to go to an HD dealer and have work done right the first time!  I guess that's why the only people who work on my bikes is Jim and I...

I have to bring mine back also,it is not 1/4 to 1/2 as you say but I know dam well it is not right!

I picked mine up at closing time so by the time I noticed it I just babied it home in rush hour traffic.