Time Required to Remove & Replace Fork Tubes
Road Warrior
Joined: Jan 2012
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From: Waterville MN
I am not sure why you need to clamp or jack to start the cap - I did mine by hand.
I just did this 2 weeks ago on my Road Glide. Having never done it before, and with the service manual in hand, I would say the tear down took less than an hour, the fork rebuild with cleanup took another hour, and re-assembly on the bike was another less than an hour task. This included replacing seals and bushings in the forks, and a trip to the store to look for the big *** wrench for the caps. My first cap was not real tight, so I was able to remove it with an adjustable wrench, but the other side was a bear.
I just did this 2 weeks ago on my Road Glide. Having never done it before, and with the service manual in hand, I would say the tear down took less than an hour, the fork rebuild with cleanup took another hour, and re-assembly on the bike was another less than an hour task. This included replacing seals and bushings in the forks, and a trip to the store to look for the big *** wrench for the caps. My first cap was not real tight, so I was able to remove it with an adjustable wrench, but the other side was a bear.
I am not sure why you need to clamp or jack to start the cap - I did mine by hand.
I just did this 2 weeks ago on my Road Glide. Having never done it before, and with the service manual in hand, I would say the tear down took less than an hour, the fork rebuild with cleanup took another hour, and re-assembly on the bike was another less than an hour task. This included replacing seals and bushings in the forks, and a trip to the store to look for the big *** wrench for the caps. My first cap was not real tight, so I was able to remove it with an adjustable wrench, but the other side was a bear.
I just did this 2 weeks ago on my Road Glide. Having never done it before, and with the service manual in hand, I would say the tear down took less than an hour, the fork rebuild with cleanup took another hour, and re-assembly on the bike was another less than an hour task. This included replacing seals and bushings in the forks, and a trip to the store to look for the big *** wrench for the caps. My first cap was not real tight, so I was able to remove it with an adjustable wrench, but the other side was a bear.
Here is a couple of vids that helped me out....
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Joined: Sep 2012
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From: Portland, OR
I'm planning on doing this on a 2013 RGC. If you're replacing the stock suspension with Progressive Monotubes, what 'seal' do you need to buy ?
Is it part 20 here ?
20 49377-09A FORK REBUILD KIT
http://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche....=34&c=0&d=2013 FLTRX ROAD GLIDE CUSTOM (KHM) SUSPENSION - FRONT FORKS (FAIRING MODELS)
Is it part 20 here ?
20 49377-09A FORK REBUILD KIT
http://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche....=34&c=0&d=2013 FLTRX ROAD GLIDE CUSTOM (KHM) SUSPENSION - FRONT FORKS (FAIRING MODELS)
I'm planning on doing this on a 2013 RGC. If you're replacing the stock suspension with Progressive Monotubes, what 'seal' do you need to buy ?
Is it part 20 here ?
20 49377-09A FORK REBUILD KIT
http://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche....=34&c=0&d=2013 FLTRX ROAD GLIDE CUSTOM (KHM) SUSPENSION - FRONT FORKS (FAIRING MODELS)
Is it part 20 here ?
20 49377-09A FORK REBUILD KIT
http://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche....=34&c=0&d=2013 FLTRX ROAD GLIDE CUSTOM (KHM) SUSPENSION - FRONT FORKS (FAIRING MODELS)
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...gFbxaaXzsoZ9NQ
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Joined: Jun 2015
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From: Floida
After reading and looking at video for days, took me about, 45 min to remove forks, and a 1.5 hours work time to gut and reload inners and another hour to install forks back on because I had to raise my front fender for the 1 inch drop for 21" wheel.
I must say it took about 6 hours real time, because once I got the forks back on one side was shorter than the other(because of the pre-load tension on the mono tube cartridge) and I could not get my front wheel axle back on, and I thought something was wrong, so I removed the forks again. I guess I didn't read the part that mentioned this in the instructions.
I must say it took about 6 hours real time, because once I got the forks back on one side was shorter than the other(because of the pre-load tension on the mono tube cartridge) and I could not get my front wheel axle back on, and I thought something was wrong, so I removed the forks again. I guess I didn't read the part that mentioned this in the instructions.
Last edited by legoiii; Mar 5, 2016 at 07:30 AM.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 1,410
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From: Waterville MN
I'm planning on doing this on a 2013 RGC. If you're replacing the stock suspension with Progressive Monotubes, what 'seal' do you need to buy ?
Is it part 20 here ?
20 49377-09A FORK REBUILD KIT
http://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche....=34&c=0&d=2013 FLTRX ROAD GLIDE CUSTOM (KHM) SUSPENSION - FRONT FORKS (FAIRING MODELS)
Is it part 20 here ?
20 49377-09A FORK REBUILD KIT
http://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche....=34&c=0&d=2013 FLTRX ROAD GLIDE CUSTOM (KHM) SUSPENSION - FRONT FORKS (FAIRING MODELS)
The monotube kits comes with the cap seals, but not the slider seals or bushings. It was a few bucks and a small amount of time to replace them.
Last edited by ractrev; Mar 5, 2016 at 04:13 PM.
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