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[muleskinner]

Originally Posted by claydbal

i make lots of money thanks to the chinese cranks in 07-08 harleys. it is typical to see stock 96 inch motors with almost no oil pressure, vibration, and pinion runout over .012-- HD's latest adjustment--many of these motors have less that 10.000 miles and were ridden like grandma. fact is---- they are junk.

That's interesting. A good friend of mine is the general manager of the HD dealer where I buy my bikes. (And no I don't just know him because I buy bikes there) I asked his service manager about issues with the new TC motors before I bought both my new 05 RK for my wife and again when I bought my new 07 SG. I was particularly interested in the 07 SG, as I had read on this forum and other HD forums, that the engines and transmissions were junk and having a lot of problems.

He told me the only problems he has seen regarding cranks and cam shaft tensioner problems is on a small number of bikes that the owners reved the crap out of. He said he has also seen very few new six speeds, other than the early Dynas, that have a fifth gear whine problem.

Now I know you will tell me the dealer service manager is lieing to me, but he has no reason to. If the service manager was, my buddy would tell me so. Both of my twin cams seem to run fine with no engine problems what so ever. My 05 has close to 20,000 miles on it.

To make sure I was not being lied to, as I'm always checking the information I get with several sources, I also called and spoke with a very well respected long time HD engine builder who is a contributer to this site about the crankshaft concern. He told me unless I start really making some HP out of my 96" that I should not be concerned with the reported crank problems everyone on this site is talkling about.

So,,I believe either you are seeing bikes that the owners want the cranks done to make sure they have no problems on build ups, or bikes that have had the crap ran out of them, or engines that have been modified to high HP levels.

It would be interesting to look into HD's warrantee files to see how many claims all of their dealers have made for crank shaft problems in the twin cam engines. That in itself would seperate real facts from fiction.