No worries! New OIL VENT TUBES came from AMAZON, and I was riding great again, other than the smoking exhaust when I let off the throttle.

(2nd time that has happened in the last 15 years) Then the rear OIL VENT TUBE (inside the air cleaner) cracked and oil covered my motor. Could not believe it was running so well.ģ.

I replaced that, and the bike ran great for local test rides. The FLYWHEEL POSITION SENSOR was going bad, making my bike run rough, until it died at the bottom of a steep hill 200 yards from my driveway. (Compression is good, rings are good, plugs are good)Ģ. My FLHR Road King started smoking out the rear exhaust when i let off on the throttle. Next trip was 1000 miles to Travis County Texas (Waco/Killeen area), then back home. The bike ran great for 500 mile break-in, then a 500 mile trip to Outer Banks, then back home. In 2020, I removed the 88ci cylinders and had them professionally bored out to 95ci. I paid $800 for a transmission and new mounting cushions all because a small 25 cent spring had frozen up in a tiny shaft, in my shifting mandrel, inside my transmission. I was unable to determine what was causing the failure, so I replaced the transmission with a 2003 Transmission from a wrecked bike.īecause I am a repairman-kinda-person, after I replaced the transmission, I eventually found that a small obsolete spring (only used in 1999 & 2000) in the shifter mandrel had froze up while it was retracted, during a gear change, causing my transmission shifting forks to become stuck in neutral. In 2018, my transmission slipped into neutral, as I was coming home from North Carolina. In 2011, I upgraded to S&S509 SOLID CAMS when it was time to replace the cam roller pads. My primary problem is that my rear exhaust smokes when I let off on the throttle, after I have ridden for a while.

I run Castrol 20-50 in the summer, and Castrol 10-40 in the dead of winter. I started a NEW THREAD, because the replies I was getting were of no help to me.Īs for all you OIL FILTER experts 'Chrome don't get you home', but it sure looks pretty! I still use the K&N 171-C filter.

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