Harley-Davidson Sportster 1000 (Xlh). Published by Transport Canada as 1978014 on 26 April 1978. System: Brakes.
What the notice says It is possible to distort the brake linkage inner pivot arm when a high barke pedal lforce is applied. this condition increases brake linkage free play and results in a lowered brake pedal position that decreases the operator's ability to effectively apply the rear brake.
recall announced before the vehicles had …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1978014
- Recall date
- 26 April 1978
- Make
- Harley-Davidson
- Models
- Sportster 1000 (xlh)
- Model years
- 1979
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 13
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
IT IS POSSIBLE TO DISTORT THE BRAKE LINKAGE INNER PIVOT ARM WHEN A HIGH BARKE PEDAL LFORCE IS APPLIED. THIS CONDITION INCREASES BRAKE LINKAGE FREE PLAY AND RESULTS IN A LOWERED BRAKE PEDAL POSITION THAT DECREASES THE OPERATOR'S ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY APPLY THE REAR BRAKE.
RECALL ANNOUNCED BEFORE THE VEHICLES HAD BEEN SOLD TO THE PUBLIC. 3A10001H9 TO 3A12067H9
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1978014.
Harley-Davidson elsewhere in this register
Harley-Davidson is named on 145 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1976161 · 8 March 1977 · Sportster 1000 (xlch), Sportster 1000 (xl) · Brakes
- 1979102 · 8 June 1979 · Sportster 1000 (xlch), Sportster 1000 (xlh), Low Rider (fxs) · Brakes
- 1979111 · 25 June 1979 · Electra Glide (flh), Electra Glide (flh80) · Not Entered
- 1976149 · 27 January 1977 · Electra Glide (fl), Super Glide (fx) · Brakes
- 1979132 · 30 July 1979 · Sportster 1000 (xlch), Sportster 1000 (xlh), XLS 1000 Roadster · Brakes
- 1979133 · 30 July 1979 · XLS 1000 Roadster, Electra Glide (flh), Sportster 1000 (xlh) · Brakes
- 1976142 · 17 January 1977 · Super Glide (fxe), Super Glide (fx) · Other
- 1979153 · 19 September 1979 · CAFÉ RACER 1000 (XLCR) · Brakes
The same system: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1978020 · 3 May 1978 · M4424, M3824, C4424 · Brakes
- 1978034 · 24 May 1978 · Beverage · Brakes
- 1978112 · 18 October 1978 · Loadstar · Brakes
- 1979020 · 31 January 1979 · C Series · Brakes
- 1977035 · 15 July 1977 · G Series, P Series · Brakes
- 1977020 · 8 June 1977 · B100, B200, B300 · Brakes
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Harley-Davidson: 145 in the register, and 150 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1978.
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