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Quote from: kd on April 24, 2024, 09:14:14 PMMaybe your chasing the wrong gremlin. Because the issue has worsened and increased it's frequency with the number of start cycles it would make me consider the compensator. You call it a backfire but that's a subjective description. Is it sending fire and smoke into the breather? As the pre 2014 twincam compensator aged and got weak, the first crank (or more) would kick off like a little explosion and spin the engine back (often resulting in a grind / bang / stall like reaction and a subsequent intake or exhaust loud firing back and puff of smoke).
Have you checked the compensator health? You still haven't given a full description of the model, year etc. of the bike. IIRC the earlier M8 compensator was problematic.
I also recall some posters saying something similar to your basic description was happening and if they tapped the start button and clicked the bendix in once then on the second tap held the button in it would start normally.
Quote from: guydoc77 on April 24, 2024, 07:59:44 PMAssuming you are 100% certain you have a recurrent intake leak:
Have the heads been off ever? Or milled? Are the surfaces where the seals hit still flat and true?
What air cleaner you running? The fitting of the backing plate can "pull" an intake and the manifold away enough to blow the seal(s).
Quote from: Dan89flstc on Yesterday at 06:36:52 PMAre you sure the starter is bad?
Not a common occurrence.
Quote from: FLDavetrain on Yesterday at 12:58:53 PMIt's been over 10 yrs but think I opted to remove the rear wheel to change starter on the softail
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