Road Glide Faring
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Road Glide Faring
Took the windsheild off to clean under places i couldnt get to with on . i cannot get the last screw[ middle] to catch . i have tried everything i know. Just wondered if any one else has any tricks.
scott
2006 Road Glide
scott
2006 Road Glide
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Go buy a handful of well nuts at HD, you will need them. I changed windshields quite a few times looking for the perfect shield. Still looking BTW, sometimes I get it done with reusing the well nuts sometime I lose one or two. They are a buck or so each plus the washer. No big deal but if you have spares.
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Start with the center & work your way out to the edges. Press firmly while starting the screw. BTW, if you decide to buy new wellnuts, get 'em from Home Depot, Lowes, Ace, etc. They're less expensive there.
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+1 start with the center then the inner left, inner right, outer left, outer right. Snug them by hand them move on to the next until they are all in, then you tighten them down.
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Chaning Fork Oil in a Road Glide
So what is the easiest way to change the front fork oil on a Road Glide. The manual basically tells you to pull the whole front end. When I was younger and helped my dad we would drain it and re-fill it thru the drain plug but it was kind of a pain. We made a pump that fit the drain hole but you had to hold it in place while you pumped in the new oil and then pull it off really quick and get the screw in before you lost too much oil. Major pain and not as accurate as it should be. There has to be an easier way to do it.
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I may be going about this the wrong way, but I put the well nuts on the windshield. I then push the outside in first and work my way around to the next hole. I use a shoe lace to loop around the well nut and have some one push while pulling toward the next hole. There is enough flex in the shield to do this. Then tighten the screws. I have replaced mine about 4 times like this. I always put masking tape across the top of the fairing so I want accidently scratch it. Good luck.
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Road Warrior
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From: Western Wisconsin
When you look at your well nuts, sometimes the brass insert can become
crooked within the rubber well nut. If you push
too hard on getting a screw started, trying to straighten the well nut out,
the well nut may push through and end up falling loose inside the fairing.
I've been lucky when this has happened to me and I've been able to spread
the fairings lower seam apart and the well nut fell out.
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If you have the manual it tells you to put the well nuts on the windshield first and then push it into the holes on the fairing. This way works really well because you can start the well nut first.
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From: British Columbia
Putting wellnuts on the windshield first works great when using new well nuts. If your re using the old ones than you need to start with the middle work your way out. The biggest trick i find is to use as little pressure as possible when starting the screws, so the well nuts don't get pushed in.