20 Most Recent 2000 Harley Davidson XLH Sportster 883 Hugger - Page 2 Questions & Answers

Umm, did you add oil when it was cold? I would never suggest adding cold. Harleys are a dry sump system and oil can fill the crankcase overnight and give the illusion you are low, thus overfilled when you add and start! heh
The only models not affected by this is oilpan FLH's, all Dyna's, and VRod's. *Any* motorcycle with a oil tank above the crankcase and a pump in between can do this. Just be glad you crankcase doesn't vent to ground, it would have been an even bigger mess. *note* in rare instances this (oil cap popping out) can be caused by excessive crank case pressure IE: cracked ring. cylinder leakdown test would answer this. Doubt an 03 whould have a cracked ring.

If you are referring to oil that is on the air cleaner....? Welcome to the world of Harley. Here is what happens, as the pistons move up and down they displace air in the crankcase, this air churns up oil mist and has to go somewhere right? Well it does it eventually if need be comes out the little breather tube into your air filter...if you have a lot of mist it soaks the air filter and drips down then gets blown usually in my case on my leg.
How can you fix this? It could be the umbrella seals in your heads are tired or worn, to replace these is fairly easy just a pain, and yes if you drop something in the head....costly to recover sometimes. If the seals are okay there are a number of aftermarket fixes like Mystic or something like that. You are look at a couple of hundred bucks in parts for that option. Been there done that on my 10.5CR 103" build. Hope this helps.


JP

kinda sounds like you broke a ring or crank case vent plugged

Question edited for clarity and all the typos :>D Question moved to make / model category. Clutch replacement. My guess is something not right. https://www.google.com/search?q=1986+harley+davidson+sportster+883+replace+clutch+plates Service manual

1986-03 Sportster XL XLH Service Manual

https://www.ratbikeservice.com > dwnld > 1986-03 ... PDF This detailed and comprehensive manual covers. 1986-2003 XL/XLH Sportster models. The text provides complete information on maintenance, tune-up, repair and. 638 pages

On most vehicles rocker covers are not normally bolted down that hard. Install the bolts by hand until finger tight then tighten in sequence a Quarter turn at a time until you get to 20 Ft/lbs and NOT tighter. Rocker covers are not normally exposed to full oil pressure so don't need to be a high torque setting. I often go to 15 Ft/lbs first and run the vehicle for one or two miles to check for leaks. That gives me that extra 5 Ft/lbs to avoid over tightening bolts.

There are two cables leading to the throttle. Both have two pieces.
Cable 1 goes from the throttle about 12" long and connects to an adjustment piece joining it to cable2 which goes to the throttle body.
Cable 3 also goes from the throttle and is about 12" long and connects to and adjustment piece joining it to cable 4 which goes to the spring on the throttle body.
To change any of them you must loosen the adjustment piece until the ends can be removed from it.
Then to change cables 1 and 3 you have to remove the throttle cover on the grip. you will be able to see how they are removed. Then reverse these steps to install the new cable.
To change cables 2 and 4 in no more difficult but more time consuming as you will have to route these longer cables from the adjuster to where they connect to the throttle body.
When cables have been install and all parts reassembled you can carefully adjust the tension on the cables until the throttle responds the way you like it.
Hope this helps

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