MY APE INSTALL
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very good post. I like the new look of the bars. Just wondering what the total cost was to do it?
very good post. I like the new look of the bars. Just wondering what the total cost was to do it?
I'm not sure exactly but here it goes:
+12" novello wire extension=$47.99
Stainless brake line=$54.99
Stainless clutch cable=$57.99
Stainless throttle cable=$47.99
Stainless idle cable=$47.99
Tranny fluid (x2 due to jp mixup)=$6.95*2=$13.90
Cyclesmith 1-1/4" 14.5" bars=$85.00
Total I guess is around $355.85
Harley wanted 8 hours labor * $70/hr=$560
Total if harley did it would be around $900, so I figure I saved some money and learned quite a bit.
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If anyone has any information for brake bleeding, feel free to post. I've read until my brain hurts on this forum and others and there seems to be no easy way. I don't really want to buy a mityvac or the equivalent. Thanks
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I did apes on my Sporty and then again on my wife's. I learned from the first try and for my wife's and found a pretty simple way to fill/bleed the front brake line.
I picked up one of those bleeder bottles from Autozone but any bottle with a nipple you can attach a hose to will do. They make better pumps to use but I was a cheap bastard and this worked.
Fill your bottle with fluid and link a hose from the bottle to your bleeder valve on the caliper. Then squeeze fluid into the caliper from the bottle and continue until you get fluid filling the master. Air is naturally pushed out of the line by the rising fluid. Tighten the bleeder valve, remove the hose, top off the master and you should be good.
Cap the master and pump the lever to test. If all goes as planned you just filled and bled your line in one step.
I should have all the parts for my Springer apes here shortly. I'll post something similar to this thread, including my adhoc brake fluid filler/bleeder.
I picked up one of those bleeder bottles from Autozone but any bottle with a nipple you can attach a hose to will do. They make better pumps to use but I was a cheap bastard and this worked.
Fill your bottle with fluid and link a hose from the bottle to your bleeder valve on the caliper. Then squeeze fluid into the caliper from the bottle and continue until you get fluid filling the master. Air is naturally pushed out of the line by the rising fluid. Tighten the bleeder valve, remove the hose, top off the master and you should be good.
Cap the master and pump the lever to test. If all goes as planned you just filled and bled your line in one step.
I should have all the parts for my Springer apes here shortly. I'll post something similar to this thread, including my adhoc brake fluid filler/bleeder.
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If anyone has any information for brake bleeding, feel free to post. I've read until my brain hurts on this forum and others and there seems to be no easy way. I don't really want to buy a mityvac or the equivalent. Thanks
If anyone has any information for brake bleeding, feel free to post. I've read until my brain hurts on this forum and others and there seems to be no easy way. I don't really want to buy a mityvac or the equivalent. Thanks
Remove the M/C cover,
squeeze the brake lever slowly,
eight ten times,
bubbles rise to the top,
you are done.
mud
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I did apes on my Sporty and then again on my wife's. I learned from the first try and for my wife's and found a pretty simple way to fill/bleed the front brake line.
I picked up one of those bleeder bottles from Autozone but any bottle with a nipple you can attach a hose to will do. They make better pumps to use but I was a cheap bastard and this worked.
Fill your bottle with fluid and link a hose from the bottle to your bleeder valve on the caliper. Then squeeze fluid into the caliper from the bottle and continue until you get fluid filling the master. Air is naturally pushed out of the line by the rising fluid. Tighten the bleeder valve, remove the hose, top off the master and you should be good.
Cap the master and pump the lever to test. If all goes as planned you just filled and bled your line in one step.
I should have all the parts for my Springer apes here shortly. I'll post something similar to this thread, including my adhoc brake fluid filler/bleeder.
I did apes on my Sporty and then again on my wife's. I learned from the first try and for my wife's and found a pretty simple way to fill/bleed the front brake line.
I picked up one of those bleeder bottles from Autozone but any bottle with a nipple you can attach a hose to will do. They make better pumps to use but I was a cheap bastard and this worked.
Fill your bottle with fluid and link a hose from the bottle to your bleeder valve on the caliper. Then squeeze fluid into the caliper from the bottle and continue until you get fluid filling the master. Air is naturally pushed out of the line by the rising fluid. Tighten the bleeder valve, remove the hose, top off the master and you should be good.
Cap the master and pump the lever to test. If all goes as planned you just filled and bled your line in one step.
I should have all the parts for my Springer apes here shortly. I'll post something similar to this thread, including my adhoc brake fluid filler/bleeder.
Benson,
Am I on the right track with this here?
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductD...tnumber=T71658
Thanks