Road King Shocks Leaking Oil

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Oct 15, 2015 | 06:00 AM

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tigercreek

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$60 dealer take-offs on the way.
If I decide to keep the bike I will probably move up to Ohlins or Progressives.
My experience with all of Progressive's gear has been positive.

Oct 15, 2015 | 10:04 AM

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Notgrownup

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I just changed the oil to 10 wt in my rears after 85000 miles, they are now better.

Oct 15, 2015 | 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Notgrownup

I just changed the oil to 10 wt in my rears after 85000 miles, they are now better.

How do you go about doing that?

Oct 15, 2015 | 03:07 PM

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Notgrownup

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Threaded barb fitting and a mity vac... suck it all out and put it back in with a syringe.

Oct 15, 2015 | 05:28 PM

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cmstewart72

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Upgrade. You'd be surprised how much your ride can improve. I replaced the stock shocks with Progressives and am SO glad the stockers went out.

Oct 16, 2015 | 11:18 PM

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Fishrrman

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Probably the easiest fix for leaking factory shocks is to replace them with a take-off set. Had that happen on my 2000 Road Glide years ago.

I happened to be at Americade, stopped by the Progressive shock area and they gave me a set, free!

Oct 17, 2015 | 05:21 AM

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Notgrownup

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The stock shock is fine with me, yeah I might enjoy Ohlins or Progressive but for now I will save that money. The fresh oil in the shocks and forks improved the ride. Maybe 1 day but after 90000 miles with them on there? The stock ones are staying. I spent that money on a new seat.

Oct 17, 2015 | 10:35 AM

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Before you bolt them on drain and replace the fluid, there are many threads here on how to do it.

I gravity drained them first time by removing the fitting and hanging upside down over a bucket.

I used a horse syringe to fill then by finding a needle that fit tight in a small length 2" of the air line, injecting the new fluid about a half syringe load at a time.

Easy and cheap and boy what a big improvement over what was in there.

FWIW I used some synthetic ATF.