Tomorrow morning I'm going to change out my stock lowers for chrome ones on my 2009 street glide. I have a few questions. do the forks have to come completely off or can I do them while on the bike? does everything have to come apart? I bought new seals and the bolts and washers that go into the bottom(the ones you might have to use an impact gun on)and new type E fluid. anything else(new bushings, springs, etc....?)

 

You won't be able to separate the tubes from the lowers if you do not remove / It takes a good hard jerk to separate and if your just useing a stand I wouldn't think you would have the room .

 

Alrighty, I'll remove them then. its not that bad anyway.......

 

I've replaced several sets of lowers. It is easier to remove them form the bike. Make sure you have a pvc pipe that will slide over fork tube so you can seat the fork seals. Good luck.

 

Sometimes a wooden broom handle is handy to keep the damper tube from spinning inside the lower leg.

 

Completely disassemble and then reassemble one leg at a time so if it goes together wrong you will still have a stock leg to disassemble and find your mistake.Been there,done that

 

Did mine last year and put in the progressive monotube cartridges and changed the oil while their out.

 

I've done about 6 different sets of chrome lowers. It's a fairly easy job. Use the lower triple tree as a vise to initially loosen the fork tube cap. Also you'll have to really muscle that cap back on as well.

 

At what point during the re build do I put the oil back in?

I really appreciate all the comments, it helps a lot.....

 

Yeah, I planned on that(good idea)I also have the service and parts manuals.......