07 superglide siphon out fork oil ?????
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07 superglide siphon out fork oil ?????
New question about my 07 Superglide: If I take off the caps on the top of the forks, can I put a nylon tube like fishtank tubing all the way down into the fork to siphon out the old oil. (Harley in their infinate wisdom stopped putting fork drainplugs on these bikes). Also, if I have the bike jacked up and the wheel/fork suspended, how hard is it to get the caps back on?? How much spring pressure is there. Is it doable???
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Last edited by CobraEd; Jul 22, 2012 at 02:15 PM.
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Completely doable to put the fork caps back on...but your siphon technique will not get all the oil out. You need to pull the tubes and tear them down to get all the oil out. It is not much more work, do it right do it once.
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j/kThe service manual list the fluid ounces to use for each leg and also lists the distance to measure from the top of fork tube to top of fluid level
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Fork oil level is set by height from the top and not by quantity, no need to measure how much you took out. It is better if you remove the fork but your method will change most of the oil. As far as removing and replacing the fork cap it will be easier if you loosen the top tree clamp. Use a socket when replacing it so it goes on straight, the fork caps can be cross threaded easily.
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I understand it is a pain in the *** and I am certainly not telling you what you want to do is wrong, but, when I changed my fork oil at 17000 miles or so on my Street Bob the bushing appeared to be pretty worn.
Anyway, post #7 in this thread might help:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...-fork-oil.html
Anyway, post #7 in this thread might help:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...-fork-oil.html