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Can someone please check their 2018+ Softail to see if there is a zerk fitting on the left side of the frame head tune. I have a small threaded hole on the left side of the frame head tune. There is nothing in this hole and I am just wondering if something like a zerk grease fitting should go in the hole. Thanks
Last edited by P51Driver; Sep 29, 2019 at 11:06 PM.
Yes it is. But I just looked in the service manual and it doesn't show a zerk fitting. Just wanted to see if anybody can check and see if there is anything in this hole on there on their Softail.
Yup, youre now supposed to completely disassemble the front end to put a spoon of grease in the bearings. The MoCo probably saved $.15 per bike and somebody got an attaboy for suggesting it.
Just one more example of how they make the bike cheaper for them to build and more expensive to own.
I m sure I saw a YT video whhere a HD tech says that drilling and installing a zerk does nothing except pup grease into the frame tube, and onto the electrical connections, that tells me that it is probably a trick that woked in the "old days" but not on the newer bikes, I thought I saw the head frame tube is "double walled, meaning the zerk hole doesnt even penetrate int the inside tube to where the grease would need to go. Yes, I think the factory does that on pourpose.
I don't think that is for a zerk fitting, on my LR that spot has a bracket that holds the brake lines. The pic is a little blurry but you get the gist of threaded hole, I also replaced the original bolt with an ARP bolt but the use is still the same.
I don't think that is for a zerk fitting, on my LR that spot has a bracket that holds the brake lines. The pic is a little blurry but you get the gist of threaded hole, I also replaced the original bolt with an ARP bolt but the use is still the same.
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Zerk fitting?
