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RKTNMYPKT said:

Picked up the Rocket today after getting the cam chain tensioner replaced, I noticed on the way home I had no rear brake, this is what I found when I got home, the rotor hot as **** and brake locked up

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So you had no rear brake (as in brake not biting), but the brake was locked up..?

The more we read about problems with motorcycle shops and Rockets the more convinced I am that taking the bike to a shop is a bad idea. We have a 2010 harley fatboy with 87,000 miles that has only been to a shop one time. It was a warranty fix on oil seals in the primary. On the way home i heard a strange noise and stopped. lucky for me as it turned out the belt guard was not bolted down correctly. fixed it. upon further inspection at home the outer primary had been torque down incorrectly. Rear wheel bearings went out shortly after that. when we went to take the bike wheel off we found out why. apparently they had used a impact wrench on the bike wheel which was over tightened to the point of ridiculous. I have only had the Rocket X for about four months now but the 10,000 mile tune up is up shortly. Yesterday we bought a service manual and all the odds and ins for the service. We are not a mechanic by trade but have spent a lot of time working on various motorcycles. The Rocket is new to me but with much research and a lot of questions answered by various resources I believe were up to it. Taking your time and pride in your work makes up for lack of experience. Maybe it will take me a bit longer to get the job done but at least the tune up will not be done half ass.

Like I've said before, I can f_ck it up myself for free, why pay someone else to do it ?

I have a pilot license. There is much hassle involved in maintaining currency, medical checks, scheduling an airplane, doing the flight planning, and then paying. Sometimes it's just easier to buy a ticket on Amtrak and let someone else do the driving.

More power to you for the work you are able, have the inclination, time, facilities, and tools to do. Lord knows the people on this site have made all the difference for me in what I can do. The rest of us need help to a greater or lesser degree, and have to be able to trust.

Rocket Scientist said:

Like I've said before, I can f_ck it up myself for free, why pay someone else to do it ?

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Although I certainly understand the sentiment here, I find it amusing whenever I read this, I am certainly capable of buying the tools, the lift and getting the resources I need to work on my own motorcycle. and as far as basic maintenance, oil changes and the such I have no problem doing that on a brand-new motorcycle. However my expectations are that I should not have to do warranty repairs on a brand-new motorcycle if I wanted to do my own repairs on a motorcycle I would buy a used one, a fixer-upper and I would buy that with the expectations that I'm going to have to work on it.
All I am asking for from the $16,000 that I spent on this motorcycle is a little bit of reliability which up to now has not been the case.

An all too familiar sight I am afraid

Crap news. I'd be expecting the same if I was in your shoes,but I'd be thinking is it the bike or the guys workin on it that's the problem? I don't own a roadster but I'm thinking that they disconnected the rear brake line to get the camcover off then messed up on the refit?

kipper said:

I don't own a roadster but I'm thinking that they disconnected the rear brake line to get the camcover off then messed up on the refit?

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If they went anywhere near the rear brake to do a tensioner then they shouldn't be allowed fix a sandwich.

R-III-R Turbo said:

So you had no rear brake (as in brake not biting), but the brake was locked up..?

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The service guy actually called me this morning and suggested that I was riding home with my foot on the brake and thats what made it heat up

I told him number one that's impossible because I'm not an idiot
And number two ever since my foot got crushed it branches out to the right and I have to make a conscious effort to turn it to the left to brake.

I think I know where this is going.....

Interesting: The same thing happened on my 2010 Roadster on a long stretch across the Nullarbor. I just assumed I had had my foot resting on the pedal by mistake. ........

RKTNMYPKT said:

Although I certainly understand the sentiment here, I find it amusing whenever I read this, I am certainly capable of buying the tools, the lift and getting the resources I need to work on my own motorcycle. and as far as basic maintenance, oil changes and the such I have no problem doing that on a brand-new motorcycle. However my expectations are that I should not have to do warranty repairs on a brand-new motorcycle if I wanted to do my own repairs on a motorcycle I would buy a used one, a fixer-upper and I would buy that with the expectations that I'm going to have to work on it.
All I am asking for from the $16,000 that I spent on this motorcycle is a little bit of reliability which up to now has not been the case.

An all too familiar sight I am afraid

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I feel your pain brother. If something is still under warranty, that's a whole different animal. I can't for the life of me figure out how the rear brake would be involved in a cam chain tensioner swap ? It appears the fluid got locked in the caliper. This can happen if the brake pedal is adjusted to the point that the master cylinder is not able to fully return and uncover the return hole. Can't imagine why they would have even been near it. It could be a really bad coincidence. The problem with "them" doing the troubleshooting is even if they find that "they" did f_ck it up, you'll probably never know. I guess as long as they make it right your only out riding time. Still sucks. Chances are if it got very hot, it probably warped the rotor. The rears seem to warp really easy. I think it's because they don't "float" on the big rivets like the front ones do.