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Today I was bored so I decided to give the bike the once-over. Mind you I have a 06 Vulcan that’s 2 months old. Well what I decided to do was to pull all the electric connections apart and apply di-electric grease to all the connections. Well that went fine. Although I still cant get the side cover screws out, I even did the large washer trick to no avail. As I continued to grease the connections I figured id pull the battery to see if I was able to shoot some wd-40 on the threads of the side cover screws, not much room there but I managed to get some on the threads, I'll let it soak over night. Anyway, When I pulled the battery the first thing I noticed was there was no battery overflow hose connected, for that matter the hose wasn’t even in the bike, I look down and see battery acid sprayed on the inside of the battery compartment. Boy was I pissed. A Brand new bike and I find this. What the hell were they thinking at the dealer? You just can’t trust anyone to do the right thing.
Sorry for long winded thread but between me not being able to ride for at least another month (Cervical Spine Surgery) and finding the mess inside the battery compartment, Finding out that there’s a good chance that there is no grease on the shaft spines I’m at my wits end. The bike is going back to the dealer and I am not going to except it until I check it over first.
If you want it done right, I guess you just have to do it yourself.
Sorry for long winded thread but between me not being able to ride for at least another month (Cervical Spine Surgery) and finding the mess inside the battery compartment, Finding out that there’s a good chance that there is no grease on the shaft spines I’m at my wits end. The bike is going back to the dealer and I am not going to except it until I check it over first.
If you want it done right, I guess you just have to do it yourself.