Chrome Fork Install
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Cruiser
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From: Ohio
Chrome Fork Install
First time HD owner, first project. Bought bike from coastal state and front forks are pitted from saltwater.
Bike also needs brakes.
Project
Front forks and bells, new front stainless dics and new brakes, fork oil, new seals and all the oils. Go from the thunderhead exhaust and put back on the stock pipes with one step up performance mufflers other than stock.
Just got a HD mechanics manual and am somewhat mechanically inclined.
Was going to try and tackle this job myself. Any and all suggestions and mechanics tips would be appreciated.
I read I will have to get it tuned somewhere after I change the one pipe back to 2. Live in the Cincinnati area.
Thanks
Straightleg
Bike also needs brakes.
Project
Front forks and bells, new front stainless dics and new brakes, fork oil, new seals and all the oils. Go from the thunderhead exhaust and put back on the stock pipes with one step up performance mufflers other than stock.
Just got a HD mechanics manual and am somewhat mechanically inclined.
Was going to try and tackle this job myself. Any and all suggestions and mechanics tips would be appreciated.
I read I will have to get it tuned somewhere after I change the one pipe back to 2. Live in the Cincinnati area.
Thanks
Straightleg
Cruiser
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Billings, MT
nice lookin bike!
i was a novice to harleys a couple years ago, bought my first one wrecked.....the front ends are not that difficult to understand on these bikes. if you have the manual, you will be fine.
i was a novice to harleys a couple years ago, bought my first one wrecked.....the front ends are not that difficult to understand on these bikes. if you have the manual, you will be fine.
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From: Davie, FL
Just search as this has been covered many times this month.
R&R Your Front FL Forks & install Lowers PDF Download
Illustrated HD Forks PDF Download
R&R Your Front FL Forks & install Lowers PDF Download
Illustrated HD Forks PDF Download
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Cruiser
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From: Ohio
One part I was alittle worried about is taking off the front tire. Can I get it out of straight?
If I just take the parts off and put them back on do I need to align it in any way to make it run straight.
Thanks for the links above
Straightleg
If I just take the parts off and put them back on do I need to align it in any way to make it run straight.
Thanks for the links above
Straightleg
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Joined: Nov 2010
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From: Nebraska
It will be straight. Pretty much self aligning. Just torque everything correctly when you put it back together. Shop manuals are an essential learning tool. Pretty much everything you need to know is in one.
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Watch the movies and read the PDF's, all of your questions are answered there with photos.
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Road Warrior
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Nice reference material.
Just search as this has been covered many times this month.
R&R Your Front FL Forks & install Lowers PDF Download
Illustrated HD Forks PDF Download
R&R Your Front FL Forks & install Lowers PDF Download
Illustrated HD Forks PDF Download
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Joined: May 2008
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From: Greeneville, TN
Simply follow your Service Manual. You will not have a problem. You will need a tool that you seat the seals with. I took a piece of 2" PVC, worked fine. I've done a couple of these and, trust me, you will not have a problem.
