Dyna Glide ModelsSuper Glide, Super Glide Sport, Super Glide Custom, Dyna Glide Convertible, Super Glide T-Sport, Dyna Glide Police, Dyna Switchback, Low Rider, Street Bob, Fat Bob and Wide Glide.
Got it back together after some remedial paint work on the rear fender, as well as install of new primary, cam, transmission, and rocker box covers from EMD.
Got it back together after some remedial paint work on the rear fender, as well as install of new primary, cam, transmission, and rocker box covers from EMD.
I'm really digging those covers, particularly the rocker covers. Doesn't look like they come in chrome or I'd be all over a set.
Andrews 48 with 030 head gaskets, Mastertune TTS, and dyno tune by Steve at GMR; Fort Worth these days but he was in Prescott AZ at the time. Prescott and Albuquerque are both near 5,000 feet so that worked out well. I did my own self tune with the TTS, but after Steve dyno tuned it there was a HUGE difference. He charitably told me that my tune was "pretty good" haha
From: the Netherlands (Holland) _ Leiden (your 'Founding Fathers' original city of residence)
Originally Posted by brownie4412
Correct. Steel pivot pin (bushing), nylon keeper pin (no bushing).
Brownie4412<
Thanks for clearing up the misunderstanding. I indeed never mentioned the part number C from the picture, and I don't think anyone ever had a problem with that either.
And you're also right about the importance of locktide. A friend of me, who's a motorcycle mechanic, was always nagging about that it was not necessary and that a good mechanic doesn't need locktide, and blablabla. Until the day I've let him take a ride on a Harley for the first time in his life (not my FXDX but an older model, no rubber mount). He came back shocked, and never ever battled me again about the lock tide discussion
Last edited by Dagobert; 07-20-2022 at 04:48 AM.
Reason: type mistake
From: the Netherlands (Holland) _ Leiden (your 'Founding Fathers' original city of residence)
Originally Posted by 98hotrodfatboy
This set up has been in use since the 80's... If y'all are having that much of an issue with it your not paying enough attention to your bike.... Your clutch will still work fine as asking as you pay attention to the pin....
98Hotrodfatboy,
Just imagine you wouldn't know how it was supposed to look like. Lets say you are the technical design director at H-D. If you were offered 2 options;
1st one is what they are using now,
2nd option is the one from the picture I'm sending in now.
If you would only think from a traveler's p.o.v.; it needs to be functional and practical, and handy + easy fixable at the side of the road, with as less as possible space and weight for tools or spare-parts, and most important; "do whatever you can to make sure your clients holiday will not get ruined" (even if that would save you 2 dollar for every sold bike).
Would you really choose a tiny little ring that is actually ment for only one time use and need unnecessary extra care? Would you really not care that some of your clients who are not very experienced, or not handling careful enough, or who don't have all the exact proper tools, will for sure loose the part?
Remember where Harley originates from. The old liberators were ment to be taken apart for about 99% with only 2 tools. It used to be as practical as it possibly could to survive (literally). And for a long time every modification for new models would also (more or less) fit to the older models. That's one of the basic ideas about 'the Harley feeling' that is unfortunately, totally lost here...
From: the Netherlands (Holland) _ Leiden (your 'Founding Fathers' original city of residence)
Originally Posted by snake_eyes
I don't mean to rain on your parade man but the only reason that circlip will fail (fall off) is if it's been removed/installed improperly or with the wrong tool. The design is totally solid and foolproof. Personally, I replace it with a new one if I ever have to remove it, I have a bag of them in my toolbox, next to an assortment of circlip tools of various sizes. Part of being a good mechanic is learning how to use and care for your tools properly. That tiny circlip takes a fair amount of finesse to install without stretching but you shouldn't let it defeat you to the point that you create a whole new retaining system.
From: the Netherlands (Holland) _ Leiden (your 'Founding Fathers' original city of residence)
Originally Posted by John CC
Safety wire works good, too.
There's a special tool? In 60 years, I've always used a tiny screw driver to remove them and needle nose pliers to reinstall them. I've never damaged one that wasn't already toast, but I've probably lost a few over the years...
Originally Posted by Stiggy
I have re-used (and at one time lost) the circlip. I felt the pin coming up and in a pinch, took the smallest of my zip tie collection and used that to get me home. (Turns out, it ended up staying there until my next service )
thanks for the 2 alternatives, very handy as well indeed, but I prefer not having to bend down and take a very close look.
Keys nr 17 & 10 you're having with you anyway and 10mm bolt and nut are also easier to find then a Harley dealer.
Just imagine you wouldn't know how it was supposed to look like. Lets say you are the technical design director at H-D. If you were offered 2 options;
1st one is what they are using now,
2nd option is the one from the picture I'm sending in now.
If you would only think from a traveler's p.o.v.; it needs to be functional and practical, and handy + easy fixable at the side of the road, with as less as possible space and weight for tools or spare-parts, and most important; "do whatever you can to make sure your clients holiday will not get ruined" (even if that would save you 2 dollar for every sold bike).
Would you really choose a tiny little ring that is actually ment for only one time use and need unnecessary extra care? Would you really not care that some of your clients who are not very experienced, or not handling careful enough, or who don't have all the exact proper tools, will for sure loose the part?
Remember where Harley originates from. The old liberators were ment to be taken apart for about 99% with only 2 tools. It used to be as practical as it possibly could to survive (literally). And for a long time every modification for new models would also (more or less) fit to the older models. That's one of the basic ideas about 'the Harley feeling' that is unfortunately, totally lost here...
From: the Netherlands (Holland) _ Leiden (your 'Founding Fathers' original city of residence)
Originally Posted by 98hotrodfatboy
What's the point here?
98Hotrodfatboy,
My point is;
Why ask people to be more careful and pay more attention?
Why buy extra tools and parts that are not everywhere available, while a 10mm bolt and nut you can find everywhere?
Why use parts that are ment for one time use only?
While a simple modification would make things much more comfortable.
Most people you meet don't go out on the road as extremely well prepared like you & snake eyes do. I'm sure for professionals it's no problem,
But you do know not everyone is a very experienced mechanic, right? and you also know most of us are not carrying around new spare circlips in all sizes with the exact tools for it. and why should we all, if there's an easier way?
07-19-2022 | 06:26 AM
)