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Nov 24, 2007 | 10:52 AM

RicksFlhti

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Front Forks

How hard is it to disassemble the front fork tubes ? Is there any special tools needed ? I am putting chrome fork tubes on and could use info be fore i start.

thanks rick

Nov 24, 2007 | 10:57 AM

DonnyI

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RE: Front Forks

Easy job, get a service manual or pay a pro. Good tech can swap out fork sliders in 1 hour.

Nov 24, 2007 | 11:15 AM

olgreydog7

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RE: Front Forks

Really? Tha manual mentions a couple tools that are exspensive to buy. The HD shop wants $175 for the swap. I started reading the manual and it looked like I couldn't do it. Needed some sort of fork compressor or something.

Nov 24, 2007 | 11:15 AM

R1Geezrglide

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RE: Front Forks

You may need a spring compressor, particularly for the left, cartridge, side. I removed the fork legs and took them to my local dealer to do my spring change-out. On an FL, the lions share of the labor is the partial removal of the batwing. That is a bit of a PIA.

Nov 24, 2007 | 11:34 AM

xxxflhrci

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RE: Front Forks

On the left leg, you do not need a spring compressor to swap the fork leg. There is no need to disassemble the cartridge. Just drain the oil from the leg in a measurable container. Then, do the leg swap as usual. Then, add back in the amount of oil that you drained out.