Went to adjust primary and guess what....

[dirty dave]

Ok everybody well the xb9r i picked up a couple weeks ago and have been working the bugs out of has thrown me a curve ball I went to adjust the primary after checking it and finding it way looooose so I get down and crack the jam nut loose grab a allen wrench and start trying to tighten up the adjuster and find the primary is stripped the adjuster keeps turning and not moving so I pull the primary cover and will Heli Coil it has anyone else done this?

 

[squidbuellie]

Yes...

 

[dirty dave]

Ok cool, so are the gaskets and the adjuster shoe the same as for a sportster?

 

[squidbuellie]

no/no
gasket buell parts #25278-02A
primary adjuster buell parts #40039-02B

 

[dirty dave]

So can i still get buell parts from the HD dealer? cause i was really hopeing to get these parts localy.

 

[squidbuellie]

Yes...unless you live in cat-man-do.

 

[thewanmanrules]

American Sport Bike, or Buellparts.net...

Also try Southside Harley Davidson in Indianapolis. They usually stock these items... and can usually ship overnight if needed.

 

[Miami78]

I used a timesert on my primary adjustment bolt after stripping it out, worked great.

 

[user_deleted]

Yes...unless you live in cat-man-do.

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