2007 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTCU Power Train Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HARLEY-DAVIDSON TRI GLIDE FLTR. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE DRIVE BELT MALFUNCTIONED AND BECAME MISALIGNED. IN ADDITION, THE BEARINGS THAT HELD THE PIVOT SHAFT TOGETHER EXHIBITED PREMATURE EXCESSIVE WEAR. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. ANOTHER UNKNOWN DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT THE BEARINGS WERE FAULTY. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE BEARINGS CONTAINED FRAGMENTS OF RUBBER AND METAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 9,000.

ENGINE KNOCKS AND KICKS BACKS, ON STARTING AND WHEN ACCELERATING,HAS BEEN WORKED ON SEVERAL TIMES, BY HARLEY DAVIDSON DEALER. THE PROBLEM I'VE BEEN TOLD IS THE COMPENSATOR SPROCKET AND ASSEMBLY . THROUGH MANY FORUMS AND TALKS WITH OTHER HARLEY RIDERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS, THE FIX TO THE PROBLEM ACCORDING TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE RESEARCHED THE COMPENSATOR IS FOR IT TO BE REPLACED WITH THE SCREAMING EAGLE COMPENSATOR PART #40274-08.IF THIS IS NOT RECALLED OR REPAIRED BY HARLEY IT CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE FOR THE OWNER TO REPAIR APPROX. 600.00 DOLLARS BUT MORE IMPORTANT THE COMPENSATOR CAN COME APART POSSIBLY BUSTING THE PRIMARY CASE LETTING OIL TO SPILL ON TO ROAD AND TIRES WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND POSSIBLY HURTING SOMEONE OR WORSE KILLING SOMEONE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHTCU MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THAT A METAL PIECE WAS JAMMED IN THE CHAIN, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

EXCESSIVE CLATTERING NOISE COMING FROM DRIVE TRAIN OF MOTORCYCLE. MOTORCYCLE HAS BEEN EXAMINED AT DEALER AND WAS SERVICED TO UPLOAD NEW COMPUTER PROGRAM INTO ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. DRIVETRAIN STILL CLATTERS AND FEELS AS IF ENGINE OR TRANSMISSIONS SHAFTS ARE ABOUT TO BREAK. DEALERS SAY THIS IS NORMAL. MOTORCYCLE DOES NOT FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE. FROM MY READING ON INTERNET THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH 2007 TOURING CLASS HARLEY DAVIDSON. I PERSONALLY FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED TO REASSURE OWNERS BIKES ARE SOUND AND THAT DRIVETRAIN IS NOT GOING TO LOCK UP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR

HARLEY DAVIDSON 2007 ULTRA CLASSIC MOTOR CYCLE DEFECTIVE 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION, AND OVER HEATING ENGINE PROBLEM. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2007 ELECTRA GLIDE ULTRA BY HARLEY DAVIDSON ON SEPT. 8, 2006. I RETURNED THE BIKE ON SEPT. 9, 2006 SAYING IN WAS MAKING TO MUCH NOISE. THEY RODE IT AND SAID IT NEEDED TO BE BROKE IN, AND PUT 1/2 QUART OF TRANSMISSION FLUID IN. I RODE THE BIKE 500 MILES AND RETURNED THE BIKE ON SEPT. 12, 2006 STATING THAT THE PRIMARY SOUNDED LIKE A CAN FULL OF ROCKS, THE 5TH GEAR IN THE TRANSMISSION WHINED SO BAD IT SOUNDED LIKE AN AMBULANCE, AND THE VALVES WERE RATTLING SO BAD THAT YOU COULD NOT HEAR YOURSELF THINK, AND THE EXHAUST PIPES HAD ALREADY TURNED BLUE. THEY KEPT THE BIKE FOR THE NEXT 18 DAYS DURING WHICH A REP. FROM HARLEY DAVIDSON CAME BY TO RIDE THE BIKE(9-21-07). I RODE HIS BIKE AND HE RODE MINE AND AFTER THE RIDE HE ADMITTED THE BIKE HAD NOISES AND...