Adjusting Softail Shocks at home ---doable?
Road Master
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Adjusting shocks is an easy task. You will need a special Spanner Wrench which you can get from your dealer for about 12.00 bucks. The fact that your asking this question also indicates you need to invest in a service manual. It will be the best money you'll spend on your bike.
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And if you need a cheap lift...
http://www.nightrider.com/biketech/bikelift.htm
Used this on my first two Dynas; it worked for anything I needed to do.
http://www.nightrider.com/biketech/bikelift.htm
Used this on my first two Dynas; it worked for anything I needed to do.
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Tourer
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Adjusting shocks is an easy task. You will need a special Spanner Wrench which you can get from your dealer for about 12.00 bucks. The fact that your asking this question also indicates you need to invest in a service manual. It will be the best money you'll spend on your bike.
Who makes the manual ?
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As for adjusting the shocks, you don't need a manual for that.
If you take a little time and "search" this forum you will find detailed instructions on the process.
They've been posted many times.
Good luck.
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From: WI
Guessing, but:
- buy the manual
- cut the spine so you have a bunch of separate pages rather than a bound book
- put in an auto-loading, double sided scanner
- scan to PDF file
- burn to disc
- sell the hell out of it at less than the price of the original, make money (and THIS is the step that is infringement and is illegal)
Personally, I just purchased the manual from an online retailer for 20% off, free shipping when I ordered it, no tax (so something like $48 total). Surdyke, Kutter, and a few others offer it. I prefer to have a hard copy, and I don't like having my laptop in the shop. Had one crash one day, and I don't mean a hard drive failure.
Adjusting the shocks isn't bad, and, as stated above, you don't really need the manual for this adjustment. Recommend having it for pretty much any other work you'd do to the scoot, though.
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Tourer
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From: St Clair County
Found it on eBay , has a pic of a 2012 Slim on the disk .........can't post a pic bc I'm an idiot. Looks legit, but who knows..........
Of course the paper manual is always the best ........
Of course the paper manual is always the best ........