Grease that neck I say!!!!!
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Grease that neck I say!!!!!
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][] I was doing the 5k service on my bike and got the grease gun out, loaded a new tube of Harley Davidson Special Grease
, connected the zert to the gun and began the lube process to the neck of the bike. Bike is an '07, so I thought, hey, I'll just put a couple of pumps worth of grease and be done......
NOT!! The darn thing drank nearly half a tube of grease!!!!!!! It's as if there was none in there and think of how long the neck bearings woulda lasted...........unbelievable. You don't want to know the cost of the dealership changing neck bearings..........it ain't cheap!!!
I highly suggest taking the time and servicing the neck of your bike with grease. It's not difficult at all and the preventive maintenance would save someone a bundle of $$$$.
I could not believe a new bike had so little if any at all.[:'(]
][] I was doing the 5k service on my bike and got the grease gun out, loaded a new tube of Harley Davidson Special Grease, connected the zert to the gun and began the lube process to the neck of the bike. Bike is an '07, so I thought, hey, I'll just put a couple of pumps worth of grease and be done......NOT!! The darn thing drank nearly half a tube of grease!!!!!!! It's as if there was none in there and think of how long the neck bearings woulda lasted...........unbelievable. You don't want to know the cost of the dealership changing neck bearings..........it ain't cheap!!!
I highly suggest taking the time and servicing the neck of your bike with grease. It's not difficult at all and the preventive maintenance would save someone a bundle of $$$$.
I could not believe a new bike had so little if any at all.[:'(]
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RE: Grease that neck I say!!!!!
I can't find anything in the service manual or online that indicates the entire neck should be filled with grease, where did you get this information. My thought was as long as the bearings are greased that is all you need. It is not like it is a wheel bearing.
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RE: Grease that neck I say!!!!!
Its complete BS..........anyone who fills the entire neck with grease to TRY and grease 2 bearings is nuts. The motor company greases the bearings BEFORE their assembled THAT'S why the neck is emptyand why filling the neck is a sad excuse for greasing those bearings. You want to do it right...take the front end apart but I'll bet ya my bike against yours that if you don't grease them at all (like me ) you'll NEVER have a problem.
) you'll NEVER have a problem.
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RE: Grease that neck I say!!!!!
The service manual sates to grease the steering neck until the grease "exudes from the top and bottom" of the neck.
I used two tubes of grease. Of course, one tube squirted all over my workbench and tool box when the bleed screw of my grease gun came out [:@]
I used two tubes of grease. Of course, one tube squirted all over my workbench and tool box when the bleed screw of my grease gun came out [:@]
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RE: Grease that neck I say!!!!!
ORIGINAL: cwilks
Its complete BS..........anyone who fills the entire neck with grease to TRY and grease 2 bearings is nuts. The motor company greases the bearings BEFORE their assembled THAT'S why the neck is emptyand why filling the neck is a sad excuse for greasing those bearings. You want to do it right...take the front end apart but I'll bet ya my bike against yours that if you don't grease them at all (like me) you'll NEVER have a problem.
Its complete BS..........anyone who fills the entire neck with grease to TRY and grease 2 bearings is nuts. The motor company greases the bearings BEFORE their assembled THAT'S why the neck is emptyand why filling the neck is a sad excuse for greasing those bearings. You want to do it right...take the front end apart but I'll bet ya my bike against yours that if you don't grease them at all (like me
) you'll NEVER have a problem.
Page 2-78 if you have a manual.
The local cops would be buying neck bearings like candy if we serviced their bikes as you suggest............guess we're "nuts".[sm=smarty.gif]
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RE: Grease that neck I say!!!!!
The question is why are they still using bearings that need to be greased? Sure seems like there should be a sealed bearing that wouldn't require grease for this application.
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From: Po-Dunk Looziana
RE: Grease that neck I say!!!!!
ORIGINAL: AtkRWC
Also put a 90 degree fitting during the service. Makes life much more better!
Also put a 90 degree fitting during the service. Makes life much more better!
]I asked the guy at the counter, whoneeds thirty freakin 90 degree zerts at one time?
I left them on the shelf and bought a flexible hose for my grease gun instead.[8D] Still wish I had a 90 degree zert.[>:]
