Harley-Davidson Café Racer 1000 (Xlcr). Published by Transport Canada as 1979153 on 19 September 1979. System: Brakes.
What the notice says The rear brake push rod has insufficient contact area with the rear brake master cylinder piston. A high pressure rear brake pedal application such as an emergency stop might cause the brake rod to penetrate the master cylinder plastic piston thereby resulting in a loss of effctive rear brake.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1979153
- Recall date
- 19 September 1979
- Make
- Harley-Davidson
- Models
- CafÉ Racer 1000 (xlcr)
- Model years
- 1977 to 1978
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 41
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
The rear brake push rod has insufficient contact area with the rear brake master cylinder piston. A high pressure rear brake pedal application such as an emergency stop might cause the brake rod to penetrate the master cylinder plastic piston thereby resulting in a loss of effctive rear brake.
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 1979153.
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.
- 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
- 1979111 · 25 June 1979 · Electra Glide (flh), Electra Glide (flh80) · Not Entered
- 1979102 · 8 June 1979 · Sportster 1000 (xlch), Sportster 1000 (xlh), Low Rider (fxs) · Brakes
- 1980028 · 5 March 1980 · Electra Glide (fl), Electra Glide (flh), Electra Glide Sport (flhs) · Other
- 1980033 · 13 March 1980 · Tour Glide (flt) · Brakes
- 1980150 · 14 November 1980 · Tour Glide (flt) · Electrical
- 1980151 · 14 November 1980 · Wide Glide (fxwg) · 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.
- 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
- 1979131 · 27 July 1979 · J9500, M9500, F9500 · Brakes
- 1979113 · 20 June 1979 · Qualifier 370, Mx-5 250, Qualifier 175 · Brakes
- 1979102 · 8 June 1979 · Sportster 1000 (xlch), Sportster 1000 (xlh), Low Rider (fxs) · Brakes
- 1979020 · 31 January 1979 · C Series · Brakes
Reading this against the source
This page is what Transport Canada published in the Vehicle Recalls Database, kept as it was read. The authority publishes only its current wording; if a notice is rewritten, the earlier version disappears there and is kept here. The whole register is at /canada, and how the reading is done is set out in the method.
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 209 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1979.
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