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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by FXSTC99
Just replaced both of mine, its a pain. They werent loose but had flat spots. Felt like you had to over steer a little going into a corner. The factory manual is wrong in the parts breakdown in relation to the adjuster nut. The picture in the manual shows the adjuster nut upside down. The large taper should go up not down as the manual shows. the long side goes up through the top tripple tree for a 99 fxstc. Dremel tool to cut the bottom bearing off. 1" x !2" piece of galvenized pipe to press the new one on.
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How many miles? I have 65K on my softail and everything feels good. Never wanted to fix something that wasn't broke.
 
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