New Water Pump on the V-Rod | It NEVER Ends!
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- A few months ago I noticed a bit of coolant coming from the weep hole on the water pump shortly after I reinstalled the engine. It eventually got pretty bad and made a huge mess on the side of the bike, so I was forced to replace it over the summer rather than holding off until winter like I had originally planned.
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Thanks for making this helpful video 👍🏻 glad I found your channel just subscribed
Thanks! I've seen this one come up a lot on the forums, so as soon as I saw the leak I thought "Prime video content right here" haha
I am about to do this exact same process on my 2008 with 36,000 miles on it. That price on the water pump is what sucks the most. Doing the job itself should be fairly simple. I guess it’s time to order some parts.
Oh yeah, it's pretty easy, just messy. Don't forget to loosen the bolt on the front head and drain the remaining coolant, I forgot when I did the pump and it made a giant mess!
@@GearheadPhil can you tell me where to purchase a new one, with the gasket's, please..thank you..
@@mr.g3029 You're going to have to call around. Most dealerships probably won't have anything in stock based on my experience. Give Fitzgerald Motorsports a call, he might be able to sell you what you need.
Buy every v rod part you can find because next year you will be a very rich man.
That's no joke! I spent the better part of September down due to a failed throttle position sensor. It took me like 3 weeks to find one that worked. The first one I found was wired backwards even though it fit, so that one got sent back since it showed 100% at closed throttle, so I ended up calling 5 dealers to find one and eventually got one to send me the last one they had. Eventually the aftermarket will come into play on a lot of this stuff but it's rough right now!
@@GearheadPhil going to be hard to get parts now. the dealership i used to get parts online posted "Due to changes to the H-D 2022 Online sales policy, as of Jan 1st, 2022 Dealerships nation-wide will no longer be allowed to sell or ship any Genuine H-D products outside of their dealership area."
@@Jimvdk go figure. That's not good, the only reason I got running again recently was because I was able to source a throttle position sensor from a dealership on the east coast since no one in my state had any. It's absurd how HD has pretty much abandoned us.
@@GearheadPhil yea i had a slipper clutch in the shopping cart as it was 40 buxs cheaper then by me. when i got the notice from castlehd so i tried to buy it on last day of December but they deleted my account.
@@Jimvdk that's insane. I'm really glad I picked up an extra breather hose when I had the chance. Makes me nervous for the future, I came close to being grounded indefinitely until I found that TPS. This makes it way harder to get what we need
Thank you
what kind of coolant did you use? Thank you for this video.... it's 2024, hopefully, Fitzgerald has some more waterpumps for my 2003 vrod!!
Final Charge Global 50/50 Nitrite-Free Extended Life for heavy duty engines is the one that matches the HD specs. I actually installed that in the rebuild, then had to do it again when I did the pump shortly after, and here we are a couple years later and it's time for another coolant flush lol. Stuff works great and it's cheap!
BTW....what's your opinion of your ground pounder exhaust ??? I thinking about getting it
....or the sucker punch
Honestly, it's one of the most badass exhausts I've ever heard for a bike. It makes the thing sound like a massive V-Twin. It's LOUD as hell lol. Mine is cammed too and it really sounds wild. It straight up sounds like a NASCAR screaming at 9k rpms. I can't ride it to work anymore unless I want to wake up the whole neighborhood at 6am 🤣
Hello friend!! My bike is overheating, causing the temperature light to come on. Do you think it must be a water pump that is influencing the cooling system? There are leaking gears on the outside of the engine where the water pump is located...
If it's overheating, the triple sprocket bolt might have backed out, causing the water pump impeller to not spin. I have a other video on removing the left side cover to access that, check that out. But if you're seeing coolant seeping from the weep hole, then the pump is probably shot for sure.
Thanks for the tip brother!!
Sorry, I couldn't find the video you mentioned about the screw being recessed and possibly blocking the water pump bearing. I looked through all the videos and couldn't find it... Can you post the link in your next comment? Thank you in advance brother!!!
@@eduardosantana6055 Here you go! czcams.com/video/WSoYRMZwZio/video.htmlsi=PYsfCpeAPY_9rryu
Thank you brother! God blesses!!!!
I love your motorcycle stand....what brand is it, where can I get one?
Great video man...thanks for teaching
Thanks! As for the stand, it's just one from Harbor Freight. It's done a great job for me, makes things so much easier than having to lay on the ground. I'd like to get one of the drive on ones that raises it up really high at some point.
Doing this on my 2006 Night rod.
It wasn't too bad, just pricey for what it is lol
Good video. I see you went to the rally in 2021, I was there too. Do you plan to go in 2024? It's back at Scott's
I'm planning on going next year for sure. I wanted to go this year but couldn't make it since I had a wedding that weekend.
Awesome, I guess I will see you there. Hope all is well with the vrod. I'm not sure if I got any footage of you in my video but I did post some things from the previous years on my channel
@@ataylorcreation Oh nice! I didn't do near as much recording at the Rally as I wanted, other than my untuned Dyno pull lol. And yeah, it's all good. I've been neglecting the V quite a bit since I got a Mustang for a daily last year, but it's still a ripper and does nice rolling burnouts lol
How many miles and what year is yours? Was it in a wreck, seems to have a lot of problems compared to what I’ve heard about these.
Amazing isn't it? I'm at about 33k miles now, with over 3k being on the rebuilt engine. I'm guessing the water pump bearings seem to have rusted while it was in a box for a couple months during the rebuild process, which lead to it leaking almost immediately after I got it fired up. The other issues I dealt with are fairly common little items, like the dirty ground connection, stator wire oil leak, etc. The spun bearing was my fault, I don't count that one 😂
Love the video. I watched it twice before starting. I made a rookie boo-boo.
I put my torque wrench to 86 ft lbs rather than inch pounds 😂
Stripped the head (part that the bit actually goes into) on 2 before I was like “OH CRAP”….
You think over tightening them will be bad if they seem to be holding and there’s no leak? Lol
I felt so dumb.
Ha, we all make mistakes. The main concern I'd be worried about is the stripped ones not being sealed and allowing water to enter but that's such a small amount that it would probably evaporate off. The gasket is probably crushed so it might need replaced next time it's off if it leaks.
@@GearheadPhil thanks man, Im going to use the extractor bits to pull the couple bolts off and replace them one by one with the new ones i got from harley.
You have any warings or advice for me pulling the stock exhaust off of it to be able to access them properly? Ive never pulled an exhaust off and now i'm all paranoid.
Im in the market to buy the service manual but harley said it takes 45 days to get it and i didn't know If there were any online to buy that I could trust.
@@kylejarnold1 I don't remember where, but I picked up a PDF version of the manual shortly after I got mine. Check 1130cc.com for a link, that should get you started. As for the exhaust, spray the bolts with a penetrating oil like PB Blaster a few days prior to doing the work and they should come off without too much issue. Otherwise you might end up snapping one lol
i thought mine went bad but the bottom hose clamp was loose.
Yeah, I've heard of that happening to some people. I made sure mine were tight before I dropped money on a new pump, but unfortunately I didn't get that lucky.
Hey are those stock handle bars?
Nope, they're wider and have a bit more height and set back than stock. I bought the bike with them so I'm not sure what they are.
Where did you get the pump?
I called up Fitzgerald Motorsports and he sent one to me. Gave up on dealerships for anything a long time ago haha
Where did I u get it from ??
I gave Fitzgerald Motorsports a call and had the water pump shipped to my house. The dealerships don't have much of anything anymore so I pretty much only go to him for parts at this point.
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