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My 1994 Ultra has 113k on her now. Just took a trip up to NC 2 weekend ago and she likes to wiggle her *** a little bit at speeds over 70 mph and is not as stable as she should be. Going to pull the front end off soon and replace the steering head bearings as I doubt they have ever been serviced. Was thinking while its apart of changing out the front springs. Any recommendations? Progressive? Other?
I put in the Progressive cartridges. I figured while I was going to replace the seals and maybe the springs,for a few extra bucks why not just do cartridges instead. Also did a full service on the neck bearings and replaced fork bushings.
You’ll need an impact drill for the bottom inner bolts and proper allen socket.
Got rid of the air fittings and solenoid B.S. too. After I took it out for a ride, noticeable difference ,for sure. A little stiffer ,but now feels planted.
You can improve the rear shocks on the cheap by replacing the oil with ATF of the same quantity. I love the way she handles now.
Bike used to pull left no matter what I did to align it, it now tracks perfectly straight
Didn't know I could change oil in the rear shocks. Has the original air shocks on it yet. Will have to look into that. If this doesn't make it more stable then swingarm is next. If the swingarm has to come off then also pulling the primary to install a new belt and clutch pack. At that point I will have serviced or touched everything on the bike but the crankshaft and transmission.
Has the belt ever been changed with that age and mileage?
It may have been. I got the bike at 93K. Had the primary off at around 101k because the original old style sprocket stripped its splines on the output shaft. Upgraded to a Andrews +2 sprocket and resealed everything in site. Belt had no dry cracks of any kind and looked really really good so I ran it.
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Got rid of the air fittings and solenoid B.S. too. After I took it out for a ride, noticeable difference ,for sure. A little stiffer ,but now feels planted.
When you removed the air fittings from the front forks, what you put back in place of the banjo bole on top? I am getting ready to do this on my 89 FLT and not sure how to seal off the old air system.
I got rid of the anti-dive solenoid & reservoir, but kept the air adjustment.
I like the option of adjusting the front spring rate and also the ease of changing fork oil with a mity-vac.
I bought a used air line set up off a 2001 from ebay, the air lines just push in, you can cut them and set it up for what you need.
There's one on there now for $21.75 + 6.50 shipping, ebay item #325419195926
Shriner, I'm in the process of doing this now but I haven't finished reassembly. I went to the hardware store and got 2 stainless 7/16" x 20 x 1" long fine thread bolts to replace the banjo bolts. They fit but they don't screw in all the way. At this point I'm not sure if they're bottomed out or if the threads need chasing. I plan on using 2 of the copper washers that came off of the banjo bolts to fill the gap. I'd try to get 3/4" long bolts if you can.
Shriner, I'm in the process of doing this now but I haven't finished reassembly. I went to the hardware store and got 2 stainless 7/16" x 20 x 1" long fine thread bolts to replace the banjo bolts. They fit but they don't screw in all the way. At this point I'm not sure if they're bottomed out or if the threads need chasing. I plan on using 2 of the copper washers that came off of the banjo bolts to fill the gap. I'd try to get 3/4" long bolts if you can.
Cut the bolts shorter to allow seating against the copper washers and call it done. That's how I did it .
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