Monday, October 21, 2013

Harley Recall Hydraulic issue...

As you may have heard Harley Davidson put a stop sale on it's 2014 models and recalled those out there. According to reports the issue was that the hydraulic clutch would not operate leaving the rider trying to stop a bike with the transmission still in go mode. It turns out to have been a human error at the plant. Harley has two clutch set ups, hydraulic and cable. The parts bin on the assembly line for bikes with hydraulic clutches inadvertently had the cable operated clutch parts missed binned. So the cable operated housing were installed in the bikes, this left no place for hydraulic pressure to release. Harley found this after recalling and inspecting the bikes. 
The recalls affect 25,185 Touring motorcycles, models FLHTCU, FLHTK, FLHTP, FLHX, FLHXS, FLHTKSE and FLHRSE, and 3,861 Softail® CVOs and Trikes, models FLHTCUTG, FXSBSE and FLSTNSE, built between May 3, 2013, and Oct. 14, 2013.

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