My thoughts exactly! This will be my last Harley - premium price for made in China quality. Their prices keep going up but, as noted in this video, they are not correcting any of their build/design problems. I could have bought 4 or 5 metrics for the two Harley's I've had (and had to service). No more HD for me. 😕

Good call, I was thinking there must be some play in the lathe. There's tolerances for all parts.

Exactly 💯 percent The chuck jaws are adjustable for this reason. To adjust true

I fabricated 3 wedges to load the jaws many many years ago. I use those to grind the jaws to center. I check on a regular basis with a 1" precision ground tool steel rod. If over .002, I regrind. This was done not too long ago. Regardless, this is a demonstration of a known issue even if this specific one was off a couple thou.

But I'm sure this isn't how you personally check anything it was just a demonstration.

Correct...people have heard me and others speak of this issue for years but I have never seen a video that demonstrated even a simulation of it.

Sounds like you need to make one to clear the air about it. I've seen videos of straightening hd cranks after they've been welded. That's about it. Actually zippers has a video showing a 110cvo that had 100k on it running out .020

My 2018 street glide special with 3000 miles on it started making noise and little vibration they changed out the compensator under warranty have 9000 miles on bike now still ok I did have a stage 3 kit installed on bike then had the problem afterwards

Yes thats HD, have owned a kawasaki GPz 900 ten years and a Ducati 2 valve, 8 years, zero problems.

Harley Davidson does an excellent job of protecting the identities of its parts suppliers, only choosing to do so when it is seen as a positive point of difference i.e. Brembo brakes. Whilst I doubt that part came from E bay, I wouldn't bet that it didn't come from China. I'm not saying that China aren't capable of quality manufacturing, they are, but they are well known for manufacturing items in proportional terms of quality and consistency to the price negotiated by the purchaser. In other words, if Harley Davidson are getting these parts from China, they're probably getting exactly what they're paying for and they're probably not paying much.

😂 so true, they totally suck. Sadly this had been the story of my life. 6 Harley Davidsons all of them over 100k and dumped thousands of dollars into fixing them as they broke

Hmmm, a Harley glider. Now there is an idea!

I fabricated 3 wedges to load the jaws, then grind the jaws to center. I check on a regular basis with a 1" precision ground tool steel rod. If over .002, I regrind. This was done not too long ago. Regardless, this is a demonstration of a known issue even if this specific one was off a couple thou.

You can always zero the three jaw Chuck and be fine or just machine a set of soft jaws and then you are zeroed hope this helps you some. MLLH&R

So far, 20 thou! In all seriousness, I'd be guessing and only guessing that a component like that shouldn't be more than 2 thousandths out, 3 thousandths at the absolute worst. Any more than that and it should be rejected and freighted back to the manufacturer for replacement. It's terrible QC to see something like that installed in a machine of any nature let alone one that purports to be a "premium" quality brand with such a high price.

No sir...I cant let ya think that. Many of these issues do not affect the majority of bikes produced. We are working to a level of precision thats near impossible to maintain in a production environment. My goal is not to scare you, but to inform you in the event you do have an issue.

Not all motors are like this,,if you have a problem, dig in, fix it ,enjoy the ride!😄

@@KevinBaxter I would agree with you wholeheartedly if it wasn’t for the fact that in the last three years I’ve had nearly all of these issues happen with my personal bike. I’m 60 years old and money comes hard to me, I ride two-up for the majority of time I ride a stock 107 with a simple stage one kit. I ride between 27 and 3200 RPM and let me tell you this bike is very well taken care of as I take care of everything I own because it cost me dearly to purchase. I have watched nearly every one of your videos….. and I hold your expertise in a high regard. I do believe that a lot of these issues that are happening are unacceptable and should not be.. simply results of Poor workmanship/manufacturing. One thing I think we both believe is that these motorcycles could be a whole lot better than they are from factory.

@@KevinBaxter but like what issues would one see? How does one know if you do not wrench?