1978 HARLEY-DAVIDSON XLCR1000 Recall

Campaign:

79V114000 on 10/11/1979

Component:

Service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:master cylinder

Manufactured:

10/31/1976 - 11/30/1977

Affected:

3,074

Defect:

The involved cycles were produced with a rear brake master cylinder push rod which has insufficient contact area with the rear brake master cylinder piston. this could result in the rod penetrating the piston during extremely high pedal effort.

Notes:

Vehicle description: motorcycles.system: service brakes; hydraulic, master cylinder.consequences of defect: loss of rear brake performance could lead to loss ofvehicle control and an accident.note: although operator would still have full use of the front brake, vehicleshould not be operatwill install a redesigned, larger push rod and replace the master cylinderat no cost to owner.

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