Redfish-Joe
Senior Member
Redfish, so how do YOU think this happened? Could the bike have been run without it's mufflers or what?
There is a pipe clamp about two inches forward. The pipe has a split on the inside allow the piped to be put together and clamped. I would say the clamp was loose or off during the test ride.
Have you checked the fuel line going to the starter? if the fuel line bushings are warn this could be the problem.
They said the changed that already but I have no record of it.
Just looked at my buddies 09 Road glide. It looks like you could replace the clutch cable without pulling the exhaust. The wires and brake hose are well away from the exhaust and the clutch cable. If they decided to pull the exhaust thy could have used a torch to heat the coupling; one slip would have melted that wire cover. The wires are probably OK but it looks like junk. They should have just admitted what happened.
Might be in Slidell in a couple of weeks at Textron.
08 has different exhaust setup. You can remove the transmission cover with a shortened allen wrench but it takes a little time to do it.
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