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Old Aug 14, 2015 | 11:10 AM
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My front suspension seems soft 2008 ultra 20k miles. Think fork rebuild is needed?
 
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Drain oil. Replace with Mobil 1 ATF. Problem solved
 
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Old Aug 14, 2015 | 11:27 AM
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Changing fork oil isn't hard to do at all and it will more than likely cute your problems. There's several threads on here explaining how it's done. I use either Spectro or BelRay 10wt fork oil in mine. I've never used the ATF but it should work well too.

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This is the thread I used as a guide when I changed my fork oil. His blow by blow is at post #23. It worked out fine for me.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...il-change.html
 
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thanks for the info (post #23).I'm going to change oil Sunday.Also install throttlepak
 
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