Just dropped my bike off yesterday. Have to say a little nervous about it. Wish I would have waited for the techs to get some more experience with the process. They say it should be done next week.
Great work Mark!! Thank you sir. There are some great Techs out there. Agree. Some with refreshing Intellectual Curiosity to take on these projects and love to learn. The industry prospers in many ways. I can appreciate the frustration owners are having. I have a close relationship with my dealership. Honda is a juggernaut at what they do. Engineering, Designing & Manufacturing. Not to mention financial Juggernaughts. It’s an unfortunate hit to take but every manufacturer is at the mercy of their supply chain. Honda or any other brand would ever want knowingly purchase or accept substandard assembly parts. These smaller parts like internal bolts, fuel cells, etc are sourced by companies who themselves rely upon even smaller assembly components sourced from other manufactures. So it becomes a domino effect if problems arise. As we can read, other manufactures fight their fires as well. Both motorcycle & automobiles. Mass production has it’s challenges. Good news is how Honda Corp as you mentioned is working through this stat.
Thank U Mark👍U addressed some Questions I had Especially about Other Services that can done while the bike is all apart Such as Changing the Air Filter👍👍
You are most welcome and glad to know this was helpful. Very interesting for me to speak directly with service techs who have performed the bolt replacement. Very impressive.
@@MarksGarage17 YES talking to the service tech or anyone actually doing the work is so much better than talking with management.sales.parts.Ect. Thank U👍
Thanks for the video Mark. It's nice to see what is involved in this recall. My bike is on the Honda list and my local dealer is going to pick up my bike with a trailer in the next week or two. I think all will work out just fine. At this point I would like to get it done while it's still to cold to ride. Have a great week my friend.
Good morning, Larry. That is great to hear that they are coming over to collect your bike. Perfect time of year to get it done. Several of my Gold Wing friends are having it completed over the next couple of months too. Enjoy the upcoming week and we'll look forward to your upcoming videos!
Honda should be embarrassed by this. I just finished one of these recalls a couple days ago. This is a terrible job, and 5.8 hours labor is a joke. It took me more than twice that long. I am not a newbie, I have been a Honda tech for 38 years.
I use to be an auto mechanic and do a lot of motorcycle work. Just from the video, I can’t imagine it only taking 5.8 hours. That bike takes like an hour just to change the oil.
I have a 2023 so I believe this is not an issue for my bike. My concern is, I along with many have installed a lot of electrical add-ons since owning my bike and most of these come together or junction on or around the fuel tank. I spent many hours running wires, adding the hub, junction box, conduits to keep clean and reliable systems. To be fair to the Honda Technician and seeing that the gas tank has to be removed, I would have to spend some time disconnecting, removing and or stowing all my wiring, hub, junction box, and CPUs from the bike before turning the bike over to the dealership. Obviously, this would all have to be reinstalled and returned to operational status on bike return. To prevent damage, I wonder if they’d let an owner drop off the bike with all the Tupperware and gas tank removed? I’m assuming they won’t sign off the recall unless they themselves replace the bolt.
I would prefer to complete reassemble so the technician could perform a test ride to double check his work. As a prior tech, I would also prefer to keep my mistakes minor, before you as customer was half the way across Texas. How mad would you be at me.
Hey Mark, great video! Nice to see more people supporting this campaign. I made a video also (not go editing) but shows step by step the procedure: th-cam.com/video/1mQhBa97X_g/w-d-xo.htmlsi=jrvvfu7R3LAo0O-r
Hi Mark, a very interesting video with the shots of the bike taken apart for the bolt replacement! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching, Tom. Incredible and impressive level of disassembly and skill for sure.
Just dropped my bike off yesterday. Have to say a little nervous about it. Wish I would have waited for the techs to get some more experience with the process. They say it should be done next week.
Wishing you a good outcome. Maybe you'll have a chance to speak with the tech ?
Great work Mark!! Thank you sir. There are some great Techs out there. Agree. Some with refreshing Intellectual Curiosity to take on these projects and love to learn. The industry prospers in many ways. I can appreciate the frustration owners are having. I have a close relationship with my dealership. Honda is a juggernaut at what they do. Engineering, Designing & Manufacturing. Not to mention financial Juggernaughts. It’s an unfortunate hit to take but every manufacturer is at the mercy of their supply chain. Honda or any other brand would ever want knowingly purchase or accept substandard assembly parts. These smaller parts like internal bolts, fuel cells, etc are sourced by companies who themselves rely upon even smaller assembly components sourced from other manufactures. So it becomes a domino effect if problems arise. As we can read, other manufactures fight their fires as well. Both motorcycle & automobiles. Mass production has it’s challenges. Good news is how Honda Corp as you mentioned is working through this stat.
Thanks, Roadglide- Always appreciate your insightful commentary and perspective. All the best.
Thank U Mark👍U addressed some Questions I had Especially about Other Services that can done while the bike is all apart Such as Changing the Air Filter👍👍
You are most welcome and glad to know this was helpful. Very interesting for me to speak directly with service techs who have performed the bolt replacement. Very impressive.
@@MarksGarage17 YES talking to the service tech or anyone actually doing the work is so much better than talking with management.sales.parts.Ect. Thank U👍
Thanks for the video Mark. It's nice to see what is involved in this recall. My bike is on the Honda list and my local dealer is going to pick up my bike with a trailer in the next week or two. I think all will work out just fine. At this point I would like to get it done while it's still to cold to ride. Have a great week my friend.
Good morning, Larry. That is great to hear that they are coming over to collect your bike. Perfect time of year to get it done. Several of my Gold Wing friends are having it completed over the next couple of months too. Enjoy the upcoming week and we'll look forward to your upcoming videos!
My 2018 DCT is being dropped off at the dealer today and is on their service schedule for Tuesday.
Good to hear!
I sure hope they do it right on my 18.
Your dealer and Honda will be there for you.
Honda should be embarrassed by this. I just finished one of these recalls a couple days ago. This is a terrible job, and 5.8 hours labor is a joke. It took me more than twice that long. I am not a newbie, I have been a Honda tech for 38 years.
I use to be an auto mechanic and do a lot of motorcycle work. Just from the video, I can’t imagine it only taking 5.8 hours. That bike takes like an hour just to change the oil.
Thanks for hanging in there for us.
Have you had any tech's go thru the side/underside to replace the bolt? I heard that is much quicker.
I have not heard about that. If that does work as a viable option, I would think word would spread. Thanks for the question.
I have a 2023 so I believe this is not an issue for my bike. My concern is, I along with many have installed a lot of electrical add-ons since owning my bike and most of these come together or junction on or around the fuel tank. I spent many hours running wires, adding the hub, junction box, conduits to keep clean and reliable systems. To be fair to the Honda Technician and seeing that the gas tank has to be removed, I would have to spend some time disconnecting, removing and or stowing all my wiring, hub, junction box, and CPUs from the bike before turning the bike over to the dealership. Obviously, this would all have to be reinstalled and returned to operational status on bike return. To prevent damage, I wonder if they’d let an owner drop off the bike with all the Tupperware and gas tank removed? I’m assuming they won’t sign off the recall unless they themselves replace the bolt.
I would prefer to complete reassemble so the technician could perform a test ride to double check his work. As a prior tech, I would also prefer to keep my mistakes minor, before you as customer was half the way across Texas. How mad would you be at me.
Hey Mark, great video! Nice to see more people supporting this campaign. I made a video also (not go editing) but shows step by step the procedure: th-cam.com/video/1mQhBa97X_g/w-d-xo.htmlsi=jrvvfu7R3LAo0O-r
Thank you...and great job on your video. I actually put a link in my description to your video when I posted!
@@MarksGarage17 Awesome! I'm planning to post the fuel pump recall also...
@@guzforce That sounds great. Please send me the link when you do, and I'll list in the description of several other videos for you. Thank you!
Harleys much easier to work on
So is a Lada, what's your point?