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Jul 8, 2009 | 07:00 PM

#11

SC-Longhair

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Tool is called 'leverage'. get a step stool and then put some *** into it. Worked for me.

Jul 9, 2009 | 07:09 AM

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U-234

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This is how I did it on my Fat Boy front. I don't see why it wouldn't work on the Dyna. I just went out in the garage to check. I thought of this all by myself when I was trying to install Progressives and there was no way that I was goin' push that cap on the same way as I have always done my dirt bikes.

Slide the fork tube about half way between the upper and lower tree. Tighten lower tree pinch bolts. Use a 2x4 for leverage against the upper tree. You may need to ajust how far up the top of your tube is for the best contact between cap and 2by.

I posted a picture in my Photo Album.

Jul 9, 2009 | 12:55 PM

#13

davenportm

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Got it on last night. Went to the local auto store and got a 35mm socket (1-3/8 would have worked too but they didn't have the one I needed). It was a chore but got it on there.

Thanks bros!

Jul 9, 2009 | 02:06 PM

#14

FXD2003Rider

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From: Harmelen (The Netherlands, Europe)

Here's a link to a post in the How-to thread, showing how Mudpuddle solved this minor problem.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/4679415-post1169.html

Jul 9, 2009 | 04:04 PM

#15

PKellyMc

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From: PacNW; Beacon of Conservatism in a Sea of Liberals.......AZ Snowbird; Just another Conservative

I enlisted help when I was doing mine. Had bro #3 hold down-force on the cap thru a large dowel, and I swung a 12" Crescent to get the cap started. Whatever method you choose, don't be a hero; enlist help.

Jul 10, 2009 | 10:04 AM

#16

arkieollie

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I put mine in the trees and used a socket with a t-shirt piece between the socket and the "bolt" and wrapped the rest around the socket to keep from tearing up my hand when I pressed down.