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Got a stupid question. Worked on TC motors forever. I know where the transmission drain plug is on them. Look on my 2020 RGS. It's not there. 🤷🏼‍♂️
I see a 3/8 hex nut under the transmission where the TC drain plug usually is. Is that the drain plug on a M8?
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Originally Posted by SoCal Harley
Got a stupid question. Worked on TC motors forever. I know where the transmission drain plug is on them. Look on my 2020 RGS. It's not there. 🤷🏼‍♂️
I see a 3/8 hex nut under the transmission where the TC drain plug usually is. Is that the drain plug on a M8?
Thanks for the help.
all the instructions, procedures with illustrations have the answer to your question in the Owners Manual that came with your new bike
 
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It's #11


 

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Originally Posted by pgrchaplain
It's #11

There are two #11's. One is engine oil, the other is the trans. Actually, the primary uses the same part as the other two.
 
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you got it? Lol...which #11 ya gonna pull? Please tell me thst HD has not sunken to not even giving an owners manual with the new bikes.
 
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you got it? Lol...which #11 ya gonna pull? Please tell me thst HD has not sunken to not even giving an owners manual with the new bikes.
Owners manuals for the motorcycle itself are still included. However, they are cheap in that they haven't included an owners manual for the infotainment system since 2017. They claim they are saving the planet and just yesterday I told HQ's in Milwaukee that they are just plain being cheap.
 
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Originally Posted by YPD485
There are two #11's. One is engine oil, the other is the trans. Actually, the primary uses the same part as the other two.
In addition to what YPD says, the #11 facing downward is the Transmission, the #11 facing forward is the Engine Oil. DO NOT get mixed up as others have, and remove the hex plug at the front corner opposite the engine oil.
 


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