Ya sure when it comes time for the primary, Ima sit back an watch . Ah Clermont you are fairly close

 

I ve been down that road!![:@]

 

HD2007, I spent some time around Watertown when I was in the service. More damn snow than I've seen in my life. We've got some snow on the ground here in KC, but I feel for you. Biggest snow plows I've ever seen -- certainly not conducive to riding.

 

I had damn near the same thing happen the 1st time I tried taking the derby cover off too, 'cept after the 1st bolt wallowed out I decided to take the outer primary cover offto finish the job. Sprayed the bolts down w/Aerokroil & let em sit overnite. I had to drill/EZ-out the wallowed one, but the rest of em came on out ok. (That Aerokroil is some GOOD stuff!) I went ahead & installed an HB-125 & a VPC while I had the cover off.

VicW.

 

damn- thats exactly what would happen to me.... but, im glad it happened to you.

well- not really... it sucks.

 

That sucks azz!!!I just changed the eng oil on mine and broke the taiwan HD oil filter adapter,thanx to the HD ape who installed the filter.Went to HD and they would only replace it with the same junk.I took the whole housing/filter off together because i bought a chrome one.The book says hand tighten only.1/2 to 1/4 turn after gasket contact!!!WTF[:@]

 

Yes

 

I have tangled with a few fasteners on my 2006 FXDI 35. My god are they tight. The Moco finally figured out how to keep there bikes from falling apart. They discovered Loctight. They use gobs of it. If a fastener is torqued correctly a half of drip is plenty. No they douse the whole freakin bolt then tighten the snot out of them.
Maybe while they are on strike the company should send them to school to learn how to properly tighten bolts. The one good thing is, they won't come loose and fall out like they used to.

 

What you need to use to break them loose is an impact driver. I learned this 25 years ago. For those who do not know what this is, it's a driver with a 3/8 drive square to put you driver bit on. Fit it to the fastener and hit it with a hammer. Breaks them loose every time.

 

Like Sleeps in Trees says, Aerokroil is darned good stuff. We use it where I work, and it's amazing how it loosens things up.