Primary chain question

 

Drinks are on me for the evening.

2005 Electra Glide Standard 45k miles

Drained the fluid from the primary and found a bunch of metal chunks
stuck to the magnet. Nothing real big, and not a whole lot of them, but
it was not the very fine, almost powdery stuff that is often found on a
magnetic plug. Showed the chunks to the HD service guy (good, trusted
mechanic) and he said it wasn't anything to be immediately concerned
with, but figured it probably was the chain. He said to keep an eye on
it by periodically pulling the plug, sticking my finger over the drain
hole to minimize fluid loss, looking at the plug, and then sticking it
back in. Sounded good to me, but I'm a worry-wart. I had to check further.

I took the cover off and removed the chain/clutch/compensating sprocket
after getting mechanical advice from an un-named source. (Thanks Wally!)
Inspected the parts and about 10-12 links were worn on the inside of the
chain...all on the same side.

I looked at all the other parts, but I'm no expert and can't really tell
what is normal and what isn't. So, I posted a few pictures next door.
Four posts, actually. Each one has a different part in it. Figured I'd
toss it out to you folks and see if anyone has
suggestions/recommendations, etc.

Since it's apart already I'll probably go ahead and replace the chain,
but I'd like to know if any of the wear is unusual, and what caused it.
It could be that the wear is the result of some other part that has gone
bad. I just don't know.

Thanks for your help.

Andy aka Big Stinkie BS#252 SLOB#3

 


"Andy aka Big Stinkie" <"andy at bigstinkie dot com"> wrote in message

Andy, I would just put it all back together and run it. chain drives are
pretty tough a couple strange wear marks are nothing to get shook up about.
do like the mech said and just keep an eye on it for  while.
Sometimes mechanical stuff does weird things. I noticed My '05 Ultra barfed
a bunch of shavings into the oil filter one oil change. I cut the filters
apart to see what is in 'em. The bike was under warranty yet so I showed him
the filter and of course they looked the bike over and sent me on my way.
The was somewhere around 10,000 miles. I was kind of neurotic about it and
even pulled the pan expecting to see the worse, clean as a whistle! When I
pulled the engine down for the big bore and cams at 33,000 miles the engine
was like new inside.
No idea where the crap came from, and never had any crap in the filter
again.

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Greg O
PoorUB
BS#287
2010 Ultra - Wow!
2005 Ultra, long gone and forgotten

 

On 3/18/2010 8:52 PM, Greg O wrote:

That's kinda what the service guy said.



Seems to be the consensus so far.


I think machines have a consciousness and do things like that to make
humans paranoid. It's a plot, I tell ya!


P.S. Figured out your route to Eddie's yet?

 


"Andy aka Big Stinkie" <"andy at bigstinkie dot com"> wrote in message

Head south east outa Fargo, avoid Chi-town, then head generally east untill
I get there!
(I figure I have some time to work out the details. I'll let you know the
day before I leave, ok?)
;-)

--
Greg O
PoorUB
BS#287
2010 Ultra - Wow!
2005 Ultra, long gone and forgotten

 



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