2021 Mustang GT Premium A10 Handling Pkg
Red White and BBQ Texas, it's whole whole nother country .........
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Jack and others are right on the money about some of these issues being fact and not rumors. Case in point was my 2017 M8 Tri Glide built in July 2016 that the engine garbaged itself with 15 miles on the odometer likely due to metal shavings in the oil and an oil pump failure. The dealership began a teardown and the regional Harley tech rep after an inspection had them ship the engine to the MOCO for engineering analysis and a new replacement engine was overnighted after they stamped the proper VIN number on it. The replacement engine has 5k miles on it and seems to be purring along quite happily at this time.
A leak down test by HD would be a good start by the dealer in diagnosing a problem
Albeit this is nothing new for HD with engine problems
I hope they issue a recall soon to restore faith in their product
Nuff Said," Were Burnin Daylight, Lets Ride"(Sober 37 years)
Current ride : 2021 FREEWHEELER M8, oldest ride 1960 FL
Yes the pups are different, they have both been updated
Seems some were shipped with the wrong pump
Nuff Said," Were Burnin Daylight, Lets Ride"(Sober 37 years)
Current ride : 2021 FREEWHEELER M8, oldest ride 1960 FL
I was just trying to figure out if this is a problem mainly with water(twin) cooled M8's or the oil cooled M8's?
2017 Harley Davidson Freewheeler (107 cu.in. vivid black).
Update video .... better information provided. Problem seems to stem from the valve seat inserts not being properly inserted into the head. Pics at end of video show the problem in detail.
Bob
https://www.facebook.com/10015779218...4988443657181/
Good find Bob
i want to take a stab at this
My guess is Harley is getting the heads with the seats already installed
If that is true, the blame is on the manufacturer of the heads
I just don't see it cost effective for Harley to have in house guys or girls building heads JMO
Nuff Said," Were Burnin Daylight, Lets Ride"(Sober 37 years)
Current ride : 2021 FREEWHEELER M8, oldest ride 1960 FL
Leak down test has nothing to do with oil pumps....
31 posts and still haven't seen the friends letter from Harley...
Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar.....
2019 Tri-Glide.......
Starting to wonder if it really exists. How come no one else has gotten it ?
2021 Mustang GT Premium A10 Handling Pkg
Red White and BBQ Texas, it's whole whole nother country .........
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I went through my junk mail at home to see if I missed that letter but came up empty handed. I would have liked to have seen it also.
As for the valve seats and all of the other little problems found like the poorly crimped oil cooler lines, etc. They could have all been avoided if Harley would just invest a little more in quality control inspections IMO.
2017 Triglide and 2009 Nightster
My 1990 had a similar problem - porous cases. The MoCo had bought case forgings from several suppliers and by the time a problem surfaced there was no way to determine which bikes had the bad cases. So, rather than panic everybody, they just had dealers watch for the symptoms. In my case they replaced the cases and attached bearings at just under 100,000 miles. I paid a few bucks to do the rods at the same time and had a new lower end. I suspect that H-D will do something similar with this one if it even exists - which is becoming less likely with every post. I have the 8V. It's the least of my worries.
With my 11 Tri-Glide....My reverse motor went out three times, So i'm just wondering if a leak down test could have prevented that from happing... -----
Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar.....
2019 Tri-Glide.......
Ok ,I talked wth him on Friday,(he works third shift in another plant) said he is looking for it dont know what happened to it after the xmas clean up.He said it was a TSB i guess this is a service bulletin so as soon as i get it I will post it until then remain calm.
Ok ,I talked wth him on Friday,(he works third in another plant) said he is looking for it dont know what happened to it after the xmas clean up.He said it was a TSB i guess this is a service bulletin so as soon as i get it I will post it until then remain calm.