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I took the front fender off my 1982 FLH YEARS ago and have decided to finally do something with the old girl. I can't find any documentation as to where this spring attached to. It connects to the fork where the fender attaches, and I have no idea where the loose end goes. Glad I took pictures of everything else on the bike before I started tearing it apart. I am currently doing a complete teardown, repaint of the bike and even split the cases. Youtube and manual guidance. It may never run again, but she sure is pretty!
Not sure what you have going on there, but the only thing that I can think of is that someone decided to use that spring as part of an anti-vibration system for the front brake? It is not stock and has no place on the front end, nor are the two extension bolts on either end of the caliper.
Your front brake should look like this.
Last edited by panz4ever; Jan 5, 2021 at 09:52 AM.
Thanks, The extension bolts hold on the front caliper cover. The bike was my Dad's before me, and believe me, lots of things were " modified ". I've never worked on anything so rigged up! I guess it worked for him though.
Thanks, The extension bolts hold on the front caliper cover. The bike was my Dad's before me, and believe me, lots of things were " modified ". I've never worked on anything so rigged up! I guess it worked for him though.
Good fou you keeping it in the family. How about an over pic of what you have going.
Lots of really good people in the Zhovel foruj with a ton of knowledge as well. Welcome aboard.
The bushing on those big calipers would loosen up and the caliper would drop down on the disc. Springs were rigged up to hold up the caliper. Zoom in on the swingarm on my old shovel. Youll see the fix.
I don't have the budget to do a RESTORATION, but I am tearing it down completely, and inspecting everything, replacing what I deem needing replacement, but mostly aftermarket unfortunately, and painting to match my Corvette. So it won't be a beauty original like yours by any means, but I think my Dad would like the way it's turning out. I'm new to this site and don't know if you can look at my photo album I added or not under my profile, but I added a lot of the resto photos. They did not go in in sequence like I intended them to.
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Where does this spring go?
