Completed my do it yourself fluid change today and it was sort of a peice of cake! The 1000 mile service was completed be the dealer, so this was the second time the Wideglide had its fluids changed. Crankcase and Trany went just the service manual said.
When I started the Primary the first thing I noticed was that the plug was hand loose so I removed it without the rachet just using the torx socket. I removed the plug and inspected it and found that it had two "o" rings on it and there was a trace of metal shaving in the threads, the magnet on the bottom had little to no crap on it. Anyway I drained the oil and replaced the "o" ring (1) and used my fingers to hand tighten. Well it never got tight! It would get finger snug but not tight. For lack of ideas and panic, I used another old o ring for a total of two o rings and tried to tighen again. This time, only using my fingers, I was able to get it tight enough that I could finger tighten any more. I wasn't about to put a rachet on it!! I then completed the fluid change without incident.
I then test rode it and watch for leaks and had none. What would you recommend I do? So I continue to ride? Is there something I can do to repair the threads or what? I doubt the dealer is going to step up and admit that they may have caused the problem.
When I started the Primary the first thing I noticed was that the plug was hand loose so I removed it without the rachet just using the torx socket. I removed the plug and inspected it and found that it had two "o" rings on it and there was a trace of metal shaving in the threads, the magnet on the bottom had little to no crap on it. Anyway I drained the oil and replaced the "o" ring (1) and used my fingers to hand tighten. Well it never got tight! It would get finger snug but not tight. For lack of ideas and panic, I used another old o ring for a total of two o rings and tried to tighen again. This time, only using my fingers, I was able to get it tight enough that I could finger tighten any more. I wasn't about to put a rachet on it!! I then completed the fluid change without incident.
I then test rode it and watch for leaks and had none. What would you recommend I do? So I continue to ride? Is there something I can do to repair the threads or what? I doubt the dealer is going to step up and admit that they may have caused the problem.