Maintenance Help Please

[Hiram33]

Hi

I have a Champion kit for my Road King this is my first spring maintenance since we converted to a trike. I have the independent suspension belt drive. The owners manual is a little short on info.
What do i need to do to service the differential every spring

thanks

Peter

[Lee H. Mann]

It is pretty much maintenance free. The diff is sealed.

INSPECT for leaks.
INSPECT the belt for looseness, chips, cuts and holes.
INSPECT the CV Joint boots for rips and leaks.
INSPECT exhaust hangers and clamps are tightened properly.
INSPECT lights are all working properly.
INSPECT trunk is closing properly and seals.

INSPECT..... INSPECT....... INSPECT......

Ride safely.......

[Gorilla]

key word is INSPECT as stated. That should hold true for the whole bike/trike

[cavie]

Nothing to service. just look it over.

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Like they beat into our heads in the Navy .. "You get what you INSPECT not what you EXPECT"

[Hiram33]

Thank you all

My confusion was that i have a Champion kit but the work was done at Lehman so the owners manual i have a from Lehman and that maintenance procedure was not fitting what i was seeing under the trike

thanks again

[Lee H. Mann]

If you have the Independent Suspension Harley-Davidson FLH-FLT kit, Lehman & Champion are all the same except for maybe the rear brake setup.

[Hiram33]

So here is what the manual says so this is what needs to be done?
for the belt drive. The question i have is the plug seem to be on the bottom not the side. Again this is a 1995 conversion kit

thanks

[cavie]

You say that you have independent suspension with belt drive yet you circle information for a driveshaft differential??? I'm cornfussed.

[pcombe]

Suggestion:
Go to www.champion.com and download the assembly instructions for your model.

It will give you a very good idea of what you should check, give you bolt and fastener torque values. tell you how to check belt tension, axle alignment and other wonderful things and Explain maintenance techniques etc.

Don't forget to look for leaks around your wheel seals and check for leaks or cracks around your shock mounts?

Mine is a champion straight axle but if you were to go to my build site I documented my assembly and it will give you some good pointers.
( click on a picture in there and will give you some text to read as well.

google-- pcombe library/photobucket

I hope it helps?

Belt adjustment



Axle alignment

[Hiram33]

You say that you have independent suspension with belt drive yet you circle information for a driveshaft differential??? I'm cornfussed.

Sorry fro the confusion but that is way i received the manual the trike is a belt drive

[Lee H. Mann]

Sorry fro the confusion but that is way i received the manual the trike is a belt drive

I have never had an occasion to have a Champion belt drive differential apart. I have never heard of one failing and I am sorry to say I don't know what the service policy interval is on it. But I will check right now.

Spoke to Kenny at Lehman/Champion just now. Unless you see a leak in the assembly, there is no need for service. It uses a very heavy grease that is high-temp resistant. He also said there have been no recorded failures.

I hope this helps.

[Hiram33]

I have never had an occasion to have a Champion belt drive differential apart. I have never heard of one failing and I am sorry to say I don't know what the service policy interval is on it. But I will check right now.

Spoke to Kenny at Lehman/Champion just now. Unless you see a leak in the assembly, there is no need for service. It uses a very heavy grease that is high-temp resistant. He also said there have been no recorded failures.

I hope this helps.

Thanks for the fast feed back and the checking up on the service policy

Peter