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How do you remove the chrome dust covers off fork lowers on a 1998 wideglide ?

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Old 03-14-2018, 05:56 PM
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Default How do you remove the chrome dust covers off fork lowers on a 1998 wideglide ?
The covers spin , and under the chrome cover there’s rubber that’s holding it on .
 
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pull them out of your triple trees. slide them off
 
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Search, removing that chrome dust cover on Google to be sure. You-Tube may have some Visual instructions on their site.
I believe those will pop right up and off the rubber dust boot with a little Light, Careful prying.
 
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There was a notch or indentation on my lowers. I took a large flat head screwdriver, wrapped the tip with duct tape, then tapped the chrome caps off with a hammer.
 
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I was going to try very hot water on a rag to Soften the rubber a little .
I was trying a nylon block and a rubber mallet but they are on there good .
 
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Try adding some liquid soap to the water and try to spray it inside.
 
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Oh my bad. I thought you wanted to take off the bike, not just slide them up
 
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Ok , so after heating it up with a heat gun . I still had to pry it off with 2 screwdrivers and it was hard . BECAUSE they where GLUED on to the rubber OEM covers . So now I need 2 new oem dust covers , but there off !
 
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