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Old Mar 20, 2023 | 05:02 PM
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I’ve change my bearings in my neck and I installed new forks. Can anyone tell me if the top of the fork is supposed to be at a slight angle like in the pic? both sides are the same way.


 
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Old Mar 20, 2023 | 05:13 PM
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Different bike but on mine the fork is equal all the way round. That looks like the yoke is possible at an angle.

When I did mine it was just a case of having all the pinch bolts loose when I installed the fork tubes and everything just lined up.

Did you do the stem bolt up to some high torque first and then back it off and set the lower torque per the manual? Did the race go in square and bottom out properly?
 
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Old Mar 20, 2023 | 07:17 PM
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normal, up a little higher than spec, but the angle is normal...
 

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Old Mar 20, 2023 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Andy from Sandy
Different bike but on mine the fork is equal all the way round. That looks like the yoke is possible at an angle.

When I did mine it was just a case of having all the pinch bolts loose when I installed the fork tubes and everything just lined up.

Did you do the stem bolt up to some high torque first and then back it off and set the lower torque per the manual? Did the race go in square and bottom out properly?
I forgot to say what it was on. It’s a 2014 Streetglide Special, but to answer your question yes I installed the tree bearings, race, stem etc per manual instructions.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2023 | 08:26 PM
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Mine are level all the way around. That looks weird?

As mentioned above I don’t think the forks should be sticking that far above the triple tree.

 
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Old Mar 20, 2023 | 08:26 PM
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That's the way my 19 SGS is, and it's completely norman.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2023 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by BigSal3rd
I forgot to say what it was on. It’s a 2014 Streetglide Special, but to answer your question yes I installed the tree bearings, race, stem etc per manual instructions.
here you go!




 
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Old Mar 20, 2023 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by scott_0
normal, up a little higher than spec, but the angle is normal...
Yep, I went back and pulled the service manual out and did the measurement method, so it should be correct now and the picture in the manual also shows the fork at a slight angle, so hopefully everything is all lined up and ready to go. I’ll give it a test run tomorrow and see how it does.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2023 | 09:50 PM
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Not sure, but it looks like this may be cracked.



 
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Old Mar 20, 2023 | 10:51 PM
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What the heck are those non-perpendicular bores through the trees doing? Adding some rake to the front end???
 
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