Front End Disassembly
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Front End Disassembly
18 Fat Boy- I'd like to take the front end a part to have it powder coated. Shocks, trees etc etc... How hard of a job it that?
Also- a friend of mine has a Street Glide and he found a company that does exchanges. Basically you order a part coated how you want, they send it to you, you ship back the part you took off your bike and they refund a large portion of the full purchase price back once they get it. Anyone know of a company that does this for Fat Boys? Thanks.
Also- a friend of mine has a Street Glide and he found a company that does exchanges. Basically you order a part coated how you want, they send it to you, you ship back the part you took off your bike and they refund a large portion of the full purchase price back once they get it. Anyone know of a company that does this for Fat Boys? Thanks.
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18 Fat Boy- I'd like to take the front end a part to have it powder coated. Shocks, trees etc etc... How hard of a job it that?
Also- a friend of mine has a Street Glide and he found a company that does exchanges. Basically you order a part coated how you want, they send it to you, you ship back the part you took off your bike and they refund a large portion of the full purchase price back once they get it. Anyone know of a company that does this for Fat Boys? Thanks.
Also- a friend of mine has a Street Glide and he found a company that does exchanges. Basically you order a part coated how you want, they send it to you, you ship back the part you took off your bike and they refund a large portion of the full purchase price back once they get it. Anyone know of a company that does this for Fat Boys? Thanks.
Fork opens with the cap bolt (Carefully), remove spring and preload spacer, then bang out the bottom bolts with an impact gun (very helpful, can be difficult w/o one) and forks come apart. Plenty of videos.
I did it on my low rider and my road king. If I can do it, anyone can.
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All of the above. Also, read through the service manual carefully to ensure you have the right tools. If you don't have the right torx and hex heads (and 12mm (at least on the FLDE) long hex head for the fork bolts) you will spend more time running around looking for tools than you will working on the bike. You NEED the service manual (imo) and you NEED torque wrenches. Don't guess on your front end.
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I picked up this for the bottom bolt
You'll also need some metric sockets and allens for the caliper and pinch bolts. I don't recall the sizes though, sorry. .
I guess we could add a seal driver, and a fluid lever tool as well...
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You'll also need some metric sockets and allens for the caliper and pinch bolts. I don't recall the sizes though, sorry. .
I guess we could add a seal driver, and a fluid lever tool as well...
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I picked up this for the bottom bolt
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
You'll also need some metric sockets and allens for the caliper and pinch bolts. I don't recall the sizes though, sorry. .
I guess we could add a seal driver, and a fluid lever tool as well...
https://www.amazon.com/Motion-Pro-08...3WY2HJH1VVMHFB
6https://www.amazon.com/Motion-Pro-08...H5GPCS01KX75FQ
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
You'll also need some metric sockets and allens for the caliper and pinch bolts. I don't recall the sizes though, sorry. .
I guess we could add a seal driver, and a fluid lever tool as well...
https://www.amazon.com/Motion-Pro-08...3WY2HJH1VVMHFB
6https://www.amazon.com/Motion-Pro-08...H5GPCS01KX75FQ
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