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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 06:03 PM
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Do you have to take apart the entire front-end such as head light, fork tins, light bar, ect to install these?
 
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 06:29 PM
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First I would refer to the service manual.

I would never try to replace the sliders without removing the forks off the bike.

The light bar has to be dropped so the fork tins can come off.

You have to get to the pinch bolts to loosen the forks. The fork caps bolts have to be removed to drop the forks out.

The headlight has to be taken off the mounting bolt so you have enough room to get the tools on the pinch bolt and nut, but it doesn't have to be removed completely.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 06:54 PM
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It depends on your bike. On teh FX model softail you can access the bolts to remove the forks without taking it apart. Basically, you have to take a lot of stuff off, but go for it.

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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 07:19 PM
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Did my Deluxe with no problems just drop the tire and fender, take out lower fork bolts and sliders come off with some nominal persuasion. Per the manual. Teflon
 
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 09:51 PM
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Did my Deluxe with no problems just drop the tire and fender, take out lower fork bolts and sliders come off with some nominal persuasion. Per the manual. Teflon
Yeah bro..sounds like you have either a lux or heritage with the mention of the fork tins. No need to remove all that. Its just as simple as the man says. ONLY if you don't strip out the damn 6mm allen.

Then all hell breaks lose!
 
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 06:51 AM
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Not a tough job, just be careful to wrap the cowbells as they scratch very easy.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 07:37 AM
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I have a fatboy with aux light kit
 
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If you are changing to Chrome sliders then you want to change the Cow Bells too. In that case everything is coming off. Do it all the first time...

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I was kinda nervous about the process, but my wrencher helped me out. Really not THAT big a deal. But that's with the FX-style fork.
 
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