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Default 1972 - Sportster Recall - XLCH, XLH - WHEELS:CENTER SECTION

Make : HARLEY DAVIDSON
Model : SPORTSTER XLCH, XLH
Year : 1972
Manufacturer : HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO.
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 72V201000
Mfr's Report Date : AUG 08, 1972
Component: WHEELS:CENTER SECTION
Potential Number Of Units Affected : 214

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HARLEY DAVIDSON CAMPAIGN NO 638-017. POSSIBILITY THAT INSTALLATION OF FRONT WHEEL HUB BEARING LOCK RING WAS FAULTY. LOCK RING MAY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED BACKWARD, WHICH COULD CAUSE LOOSE FRONT WHEEL OR BEARING SEIZURE. (CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND REPLACING LOCK RING WHERE NECESSARY. )
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LMAO!

See, it's that damn AMF thing everyone's been talking about.
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ing AMF shite anyways


well at least it never said AMF on the bike, they didn't do that till 73

think I could take it to the dealer (stealer ?) and have it fixed ?????
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lock ring may have been intalled backwards.......

so what way is the right way? there is a sort of bevel on one side of that snap ring.
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