Finally got my Trike Back

[Ray55]

I finally got my trike back from the shop where it had sat since about mid-February. The shop had ordered a new 131 S.E. engine for me and from the time the order was submitted at the dealership, it took 10 weeks for the motor to arrive at the dealership. It was uncrated on the 17 of May and it sat in the shop for a couple of weeks while the shop finished up projects that was already under repairs. The motor was installed in my frame and when they went to install the cooling lines it was found that the engine was built with the front cylinder had a water-cooled head and the rear cylinder had an oil-cooled head. after a couple weeks of back and forth between Harley and the shop, Harley admitted that a mistake had been made during the assembly process, a new water-cooled head was ordered and that took another five weeks to get.

When the dealer gets the replacement head, the service manager calls the shop and tell the owner that the Dealership is not going to install the replacement without being paid for it. So the shop owner calls the General Manager of the dealership and says what gives, I buy 10-12 new engines from you a year and I get one that put together wrong from the factory and You are not going to repair it. the Manager tells him that they will repair it and if Harley doesn't pay for it the dealership will cover it.

I also found out that my motor was not built by Harley, but an outside shop that builds motors and other thing for Harley. It was built and shipped from SRC Automotive, Inc. in Springfield, MO. That was the shipping address on the container that my motor was shipped in. It was shipped by Old Dominion Freight Lines from MO. to Arizona.

 

[Notgrownup]

So how does it run?

 

[ROAD DOG]

What a shit show ! Who's going to warranty this thing ? To many Cooks in the kitchen.

 

[Rogue1]

What a shit show ! Who's going to warranty this thing ? To many Cooks in the kitchen.

The dealers I have talked to about installing a Big bore kit (131) or a new motor have told me there is no warranty. Right or wrong that is what they told me. It seems to me if you use Harley parts and Harley labor there should be a warranty.

 

[Rogue1]

The dealers I have talked to about installing a Big bore kit (131) or a new motor have told me there is no warranty. Right or wrong that is what they told me. It seems to me if you use Harley parts and Harley labor there should be a warranty.

I questioned the dealers on this and got no response except that's the way it is. If anybody has any experience on this I'd sure like to know.

 

[Ray55]

The installing shop is providing a 1 year warranty. As far as I can determine/guess is that the Screamin Eagle engines (Mine) was not built by Harley It was built in Missouri by a company named SRC Automotive, Inc, using Harley parts, which builds stuff for Harley, General Motors and for Mercury Marine. That was the return address on the box that my motor was shipped in. I am still running the same map that was in my ECM.

The shop won't dyno it until it has over 500 miles on the engine and the shop put 50 miles on it before they would give it to me. Right now it has a valve that is ticking rather loudly. I am limited in speed to no more that 2500 RPM or 55 MPH until I have more that 500 miles. Something else that was weird is you have to buy the Harley "Free Flow" head pipe and a fan cooled oil cooler for a water cooled bike. These two items cost over $1300.

The engine was ordered through "The Mother Road " Harley dealership in Kingman, AZ.

 

[Mykneesbehurtin]

The installing shop is providing a 1 year warranty. As far as I can determine/guess is that the Screamin Eagle engines (Mine) was not built by Harley It was built in Missouri by a company named SRC Automotive, Inc, using Harley parts, which builds stuff for Harley, General Motors and for Mercury Marine. That was the return address on the box that my motor was shipped in. I am still running the same map that was in my ECM. The shop won't dyno it until it has over 500 miles on the engine and the shop put 50 miles on it before they would give it to me. Right now it has a valve that is ticking rather loudly. I am limited in speed to no more that 2500 RPM or 55 MPH until I have more that 500 miles. Something else that was weird is you have to buy the Harley "Free Flow" head pipe and a fan cooled oil cooler for a water cooled bike. These two items cost over $1300.

The engine was ordered through "The Mother Road " Harley dealership in Kingman, AZ.

If they did not install adjustable pushrods the ticking issue would be of concern for me.