2005 dyna super glide
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Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but it could be the chain tensioners have come apart(as they often do) and taken the oil pump and other internal parts with them. Could just be a bad oil pressure switch. Could be a bad bulb. Could be anything. How many miles? Tensioners ever changed or checked? Making any noise? Blinking at idle or running speed?
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Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but it could be the chain tensioners have come apart(as they often do) and taken the oil pump and other internal parts with them. Could just be a bad oil pressure switch. Could be a bad bulb. Could be anything. How many miles? Tensioners ever changed or checked? Making any noise? Blinking at idle or running speed?
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The cam chain tensioners are in the cam chest on the left side of the engine case ... I think it rather unlikely, as your bike only has 22,000 miles ... possible, but unlikely ....
If you have the Service Manual it shows how to remove the cover ... the cam chain tensioners on the '05 Super Glide are spring loaded ('06 and later the design switched to hydraulic chain tensioners) ....
The Service Manual is not really so important for removal of the cover and inspection of the tensioner shoes as it is for the replacement of the cover and torque values and tightening sequence for the cover bolts ....
The other 'wrinkle' is that the primary cam chain tensioner (the one that tensions the chain driving the cams off the crankshaft) is readily visible once you remove the cover; but the secondary cam chain tensioner is behind the camshaft support plate ... (i.e., you will have to do a lot more 'digging' to get to inspect the secondary cam chain tensioner shoes) ....
If the primary is showing excess wear it might make sense to check the secondary; but, otherwise it doesn't seem to make sense that the secondary tensioner shoe would wear out that much more rapidly than the primary, to warrant checking it if the primary tensioner shoe looks good ....
Ordinarily, it'll take around 50,000 miles or more to wear the things out ... that's why I think it is a little bit of a long shot ....
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Have you checked to see if there is a code being generated by the ECM ... it will show up as a digital readout in the odometer display ....
If not, check that and let us know what 'code' is being generated ....
Good luck and keep us posted ....
R/
'Chop
If you have the Service Manual it shows how to remove the cover ... the cam chain tensioners on the '05 Super Glide are spring loaded ('06 and later the design switched to hydraulic chain tensioners) ....
The Service Manual is not really so important for removal of the cover and inspection of the tensioner shoes as it is for the replacement of the cover and torque values and tightening sequence for the cover bolts ....
The other 'wrinkle' is that the primary cam chain tensioner (the one that tensions the chain driving the cams off the crankshaft) is readily visible once you remove the cover; but the secondary cam chain tensioner is behind the camshaft support plate ... (i.e., you will have to do a lot more 'digging' to get to inspect the secondary cam chain tensioner shoes) ....
If the primary is showing excess wear it might make sense to check the secondary; but, otherwise it doesn't seem to make sense that the secondary tensioner shoe would wear out that much more rapidly than the primary, to warrant checking it if the primary tensioner shoe looks good ....
Ordinarily, it'll take around 50,000 miles or more to wear the things out ... that's why I think it is a little bit of a long shot ....
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Have you checked to see if there is a code being generated by the ECM ... it will show up as a digital readout in the odometer display ....
If not, check that and let us know what 'code' is being generated ....
Good luck and keep us posted ....
R/
'Chop
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