I wrote the other day about my rear wheel turning a 1/4 round before the belt and pulley started to move. I have an 07 Ultra with the IDS isntalled by dealer about 5,000 miles ago.WELL, here's the skinny. Technician removed rear wheel and found that the tech that installed IDS did not follow instructions. They furnish a bolt with the IDS that you are supposed to run in to see if it bottoms out. If it bottoms out you are supposed to drill out holes or use shorter bolts. The installing tech skipped that part and now they have to replace rear wheel, new IDS and pulley assembly. What was Harley thinking, when they even had the option of the long vs short bolts. I rode my wife up and down I-95 in heavy traffic and to key west and back . What if this thing had locked up on Friday afternoon on I-95. Ya'll understand these Tech's are not rocket scientist. Everytime I take my bike into the dealer, it seems like I get it back with 2 other things that have to go back in for repair. They create more problems than they repair. Bldr

 

You don't need to be a rocket scientist to follow written instructions. If that frigging guy worked for me, I'd fire his sorry ***.

 

If u can...always do the work urself.. I have friends who swear by the dealers work.. Then they find outt some techs are worthless. A bud of mine took his eg in for brake squeel. It came out with a set if new pads and 1 bend rotor.. The tech clamped the rotor rather than the wheel !

 

The only instructions that need a rocket scientist is the ones for the docking hardware!!! Everything else seems pretty straight forward.

 

No, no, no! I'm reading the instructions right now and it says:

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Thread the gauge screw into each final drive sprocket hole of the rear wheel to verify that all of the holes are deep enough. The head of the gauge bolt must bottom out against the wheel.

If the head of the gauge screw does not bottom out against the wheel, tap the hole through to the inner pocket of the wheel with a 7/16-14 inch tap. Repeat for each hole, then verify the hole depth again using the gauge screw.

If the head of the gauge screw does bottom out against the wheel, proceed .....

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There is nothing that talks about shorter bolts. I'm thinking using shorter bolts may be dangerous, as they would not have the same holding power as the proper length ones do.

 

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There is something to be said for reading and following instructions.