Steering Head Bearing Lube
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Road Master
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Steering Head Bearing Lube
My '07 Roadking Cust. is coming up on 10K mi. srvc. I'm planning on doing it myself. The only item I'm not sure about is the steering head bearing lube. Is there a zerk fitting I'm not finding? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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RE: Steering Head Bearing Lube
Yes there is a zerk on the neck pointing at about 10 o'clock away from you as you sit on the seat. You gotta have a flex tube on your lube gun and if the tips not too long you can squeeze it into place when the steering is full right. The procedure is to fill the empty void, (bearings were hand greased at installation) till grease oozses outa the top and bottom. This obviously takes alot of grease (about a half tube)... the first time, but after that, a little sqirt 'll do. If you can't get the access the way I'm describing, then you'll have to remove the headlamp ring, the top decorative trim piece, pop the round bezel from the fork lock key area to expose 2 screws, that'll allow the removal of more chrome trim...exposing the zerk in yer face.
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Road Captain
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From: las vegas nv
RE: Steering Head Bearing Lube
Stevepacman I would also recomend using a good quality high temp grease. One of the HD techs used regular grease in mine and living in Las Vegas you can imagine the mess that I had during the summer months.
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RE: Steering Head Bearing Lube
I went to the dealer and bought a tube of the greast that they recommend for that application. I also swapped out the zerk for a 90 degree one........made things a lot easier.
Took a good 1/2-2/3 of a tube of grease.............but now I know it's good to go and next time will only take a couple of pumps.
Steve
Took a good 1/2-2/3 of a tube of grease.............but now I know it's good to go and next time will only take a couple of pumps.
Steve
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RE: Steering Head Bearing Lube
ORIGINAL: fishcop
Stevepacman I would also recomend using a good quality high temp grease. One of the HD techs used regular grease in mine and living in Las Vegas you can imagine the mess that I had during the summer months.
Stevepacman I would also recomend using a good quality high temp grease. One of the HD techs used regular grease in mine and living in Las Vegas you can imagine the mess that I had during the summer months.
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RE: Steering Head Bearing Lube
Thanks again everyone! Next I have to consider buying a lift that will fit under my lowered RK. The alum. lift from Sears looks like it will be really close. Also wondering about how easy it will be to lift it while allowing access to the pri. chaincase drain plug?
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RE: Steering Head Bearing Lube
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Thanks again everyone! Next I have to consider buying a lift that will fit under my lowered RK. The alum. lift from Sears looks like it will be really close. Also wondering about how easy it will be to lift it while allowing access to the pri. chaincase drain plug?
Thanks again everyone! Next I have to consider buying a lift that will fit under my lowered RK. The alum. lift from Sears looks like it will be really close. Also wondering about how easy it will be to lift it while allowing access to the pri. chaincase drain plug?
Check this link on my review of the J & S ... My Daughters RKC is lowered and I use it on hers... just gotta tip the bike a smidgin when going under. One of the features is its ability to drain 3 fluids at once
https://www.hdforums.com/m_1301392/tm.htm