Tool List?
Dirt don't hurt
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From: Haslet Texas
If it weren't for what ever is providing the shade he is working under I would agree with you.
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From: Canton, Michigan
I'll fix little things on the road, but the rest gets put on my American Express or Visa.
Yeah, I'll mail in my biker credentials to whomever....
Dr. H... There's no doubt you've got the magic...
Yeah, I'll mail in my biker credentials to whomever....
Dr. H... There's no doubt you've got the magic...
Road Master
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From: Carlsbad Springs Ontario
Tools
a standard set of allen keys with ball ends , a 1 1/2 " socket for the compensator nut and a 1 3/16 " for the clutch nut .
The rest of the stuff you need would be included in anyones standard tool box.
The stuff listed in the front of your oem manual are for special procedures and that is a different story altogether .
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Cruiser
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From: Exton, PA
and well put. I'm just curious being new to bikes WTF happened ?
That's what I meant by being ominous
Lee
Road Master
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From: NJ
Well, when you get the bike sorted out you might look into getting something more suited to off road like a 4runner and stop messing around with that grocery getter you now have... LOL
4runner: 4 spinning...
E Locking differentials
Locking transfer box
On the fly disable of ABS and TRAC
Ds
4runner: 4 spinning...
E Locking differentials
Locking transfer box
On the fly disable of ABS and TRAC
Ds
Cruiser
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From: Minnesnowta
What is it, a 5/16" allen head? I think that's the one that fits almost everything, but I don't look at the numbers, just grab the set when I'm working.
OldEvo, my right saddlebag is dedicated to tools and stuff, a carry over from Shovelhead Daze. As my bikes aren't exactly newbies anymore, I carry a lot more than I did in '86 when I just had the tool kit the bike came with and an adjustable wrench. To keep it organized, I put virtually all the tools (combination wrenches, sockets, etc.) in a fork bag and put that in the saddle bag. When this happened:
I think I just had to buy a 3/8" torque wrench, and a cheap allen head set to cut down for that left rear rocker box bolt.
OldEvo, my right saddlebag is dedicated to tools and stuff, a carry over from Shovelhead Daze. As my bikes aren't exactly newbies anymore, I carry a lot more than I did in '86 when I just had the tool kit the bike came with and an adjustable wrench. To keep it organized, I put virtually all the tools (combination wrenches, sockets, etc.) in a fork bag and put that in the saddle bag. When this happened:
I think I just had to buy a 3/8" torque wrench, and a cheap allen head set to cut down for that left rear rocker box bolt.
I have a set of Allen head drives in my tool kit from back when I had my 95 FLSTC, but now the MoCo has forced me to have a set of Torx head drives for my 98 FLHTC. My tool kit is getting really full.
Last edited by Old-Evo; Nov 20, 2013 at 06:30 AM.
Dirt don't hurt
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From: Haslet Texas
Wow, I want to go riding with you, so God forbid, something like that happens I have someone who could show me how to do that behind a Motel. My backup, if we aren't riding together, is I'm also a Lifetime HOG member and with that comes roadside assistance (a tow to the nearest dealer.) Therefore I can get to a dealer and sit around for days waiting for EVO parts to be flown in.
Assuming that is if the dealer will even work on a EVO bike.
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From: Ohio
I have replaced every torx on my bike with allens. Torx sux.
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There's a thread here somewhere with the details on that, but I'll repeat the incident report. If ya'll have read it before, browse on.
Coming back from Sturgis in 07, we were hammering it across I90 and stopped at a gas station in bumfuq S.D., Kennebec, I think. It was hot. We gassed up, paid, went inside for some water, drank that and rested a few minutes, then I went to move the bike from the pump. Hit the starter and it was hitting on one cylinder. Oh, this is bad. Started diagnosing it right there. Had spark on both. Used my built in compression tester (thumb) and determined the rear jug had no compression. Probably dropped a valve. There was an aftermarket shop in Mitchell, I think, and a dealer in Pierre about 60 miles away. I took the bike up and down the feeder and I could do about 60 MPH on the front jug only, so off we headed for Pierre. Got a room at a hotel we stay at when we are in Pierre (sometimes we go the scenic route to Sturgis) next to a pretty good TexMex restaurant on one side, and a couple blocks from the dealer. It was late afternoon at that point, so we went to the mall to pick up a few things like the torque wrench (man, Pierre could really use a Harbor Freight...) I started tearing it down. "Borrowed" a refrigerator box from the furniture store dumpster next door to have something to work on. The next morning, I took the head to the dealer who told me they don't do machine shop work, but farm all their work out to the machine shop 2 doors the other side of the motel we were at. Got the parts I needed (guide, valve, gaskets, etc.) ran the head to the machine shop to work on. Having 2 bikes was real handy. I just took the sporty around town. Anyway, at the dealer, I asked for the crossover pipe, but it is unobtainium. The problem was the crossover pipe shattered under the cover, where I couldn't see it, and when the bike sat hot, cold air came in and cooled the valve/guide, but not the head. When I hit the starter at just the wrong time, the guide dropped out of the head. There's nothing but an interference fit holding the guide in the head. So now I had a shattered crossover pipe and no replacement available. I asked the owner (at the counter) if he had MIG I could use. He said, yeah, we have one, and no, you can't use it, then walked off. I just kinda stood there. The counter guy said "Don't worry." A few minutes later, a guy walks in and says "follow me." I followed him out behind the shop where a MIG was sitting on an extension cord, with gloves and a hood. The extension cord was too long, the wind was too high and that Hobart Handler has nothing on my Italian HF MIG. I did what has to be the ugliest welding I've ever done (and that is saying something,) but it was all filled in good enough to get me home. Picked up the head from the machine shop who said the guide in there was fine, but they used the new one anyway with the old valve (not bent, just dropped down) and did a valve job. Put the bike back together and we headed out the next morning. Lost about a day and a half.
When I got home, I researched it on here and bought a 2008 complete twinky FLHTCIU-EIEI-OOOOH exhaust on eBay for a bill which I put on (fits perfect).
Coming back from Sturgis in 07, we were hammering it across I90 and stopped at a gas station in bumfuq S.D., Kennebec, I think. It was hot. We gassed up, paid, went inside for some water, drank that and rested a few minutes, then I went to move the bike from the pump. Hit the starter and it was hitting on one cylinder. Oh, this is bad. Started diagnosing it right there. Had spark on both. Used my built in compression tester (thumb) and determined the rear jug had no compression. Probably dropped a valve. There was an aftermarket shop in Mitchell, I think, and a dealer in Pierre about 60 miles away. I took the bike up and down the feeder and I could do about 60 MPH on the front jug only, so off we headed for Pierre. Got a room at a hotel we stay at when we are in Pierre (sometimes we go the scenic route to Sturgis) next to a pretty good TexMex restaurant on one side, and a couple blocks from the dealer. It was late afternoon at that point, so we went to the mall to pick up a few things like the torque wrench (man, Pierre could really use a Harbor Freight...) I started tearing it down. "Borrowed" a refrigerator box from the furniture store dumpster next door to have something to work on. The next morning, I took the head to the dealer who told me they don't do machine shop work, but farm all their work out to the machine shop 2 doors the other side of the motel we were at. Got the parts I needed (guide, valve, gaskets, etc.) ran the head to the machine shop to work on. Having 2 bikes was real handy. I just took the sporty around town. Anyway, at the dealer, I asked for the crossover pipe, but it is unobtainium. The problem was the crossover pipe shattered under the cover, where I couldn't see it, and when the bike sat hot, cold air came in and cooled the valve/guide, but not the head. When I hit the starter at just the wrong time, the guide dropped out of the head. There's nothing but an interference fit holding the guide in the head. So now I had a shattered crossover pipe and no replacement available. I asked the owner (at the counter) if he had MIG I could use. He said, yeah, we have one, and no, you can't use it, then walked off. I just kinda stood there. The counter guy said "Don't worry." A few minutes later, a guy walks in and says "follow me." I followed him out behind the shop where a MIG was sitting on an extension cord, with gloves and a hood. The extension cord was too long, the wind was too high and that Hobart Handler has nothing on my Italian HF MIG. I did what has to be the ugliest welding I've ever done (and that is saying something,) but it was all filled in good enough to get me home. Picked up the head from the machine shop who said the guide in there was fine, but they used the new one anyway with the old valve (not bent, just dropped down) and did a valve job. Put the bike back together and we headed out the next morning. Lost about a day and a half.
When I got home, I researched it on here and bought a 2008 complete twinky FLHTCIU-EIEI-OOOOH exhaust on eBay for a bill which I put on (fits perfect).