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Steering head grease
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Tourer
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From: Kamloops, British Columbia
Steering head grease
The manual says to use HD Special Purpose Grease # 99857-97 for the steering head bearings. I already have Castrol Syntec grease in my gun. What do you guys think? Is that going to be ok, or should I get a tube of the HD?
FWIW, I think the bearings weren't fully greased at the 1k service; I now have 6k miles.
FWIW, I think the bearings weren't fully greased at the 1k service; I now have 6k miles.
Road Master
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From: Ohio
Hi I used grease for my 99 ultra that wasn't what Harley recomended and when the bike sat in the sun in the summer it melted and ran all over the forks and made a huge mess. It took a couple months before it quit. I used the recomended grease on my 08 ultra and its fine no mess at all. I think its 6 or 7 bucks to avoid a mess .... well worth it to me.
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From: Woodstock, Ont , Can
Since when do steering head bearings qualify for special HD special grease. The only thing that's worked for me and don't puke all over the place is a synthetic called Motorex 2000 Not expensive either. Here's one of many sources for it.
http://www.solomotoparts.com/catalog...0-p-21975.html
Ron
http://www.solomotoparts.com/catalog...0-p-21975.html
Ron
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From: Montevideo, MN
personally, I wouldn't worry about the kind of grease you use, just so you do it every so often. There was another thread about neck bearing grease just the other day... people were suggesting switching to a 45 deg. zerk...to make it easier to get the gun tip on. I think its a 1/4 x 28 thread.
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Since when do steering head bearings qualify for special HD special grease. The only thing that's worked for me and don't puke all over the place is a synthetic called Motorex 2000 Not expensive either. Here's one of many sources for it.
http://www.solomotoparts.com/catalog...0-p-21975.html
Ron
http://www.solomotoparts.com/catalog...0-p-21975.html
Ron
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From: Woodstock, Ont , Can
Actually it ends up on the tank and engine. If you feel that the HD grease won't do this, by all means use it. I'm not sure it was available when I went through the factory drip out mess when my bike was new. After heat testing for fluid separation on many brands I can only recommend a product that has cured my problem. I'm sure there are others out there.
Ron
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Road Master
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From: Ohio
Actually it ends up on the tank and engine. If you feel that the HD grease won't do this, by all means use it. I'm not sure it was available when I went through the factory drip out mess when my bike was new. After heat testing for fluid separation on many brands I can only recommend a product that has cured my problem. I'm sure there are others out there.
Ron
Ron
Last edited by jsimo7; Mar 11, 2009 at 02:35 PM.
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