Steerin Head Grease

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Oct 23, 2012 | 07:05 PM

Rochdale1970

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Steerin Head Grease

I bought a used 2003 Road King Police. The manual says to pump grease into steering head fitting untl it oozes out the top and bottom. Dosent happen / a little grease goes in and then presure builds and backfires. Could it be that the someone has installed 'sealed neck bearings'? Perhaps even the factory. How can I find out w/o disassembling the entire front end?

Oct 23, 2012 | 07:11 PM

Uncle Larry

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It's possible that the grease fitting is bad ( frozen at the check valve ) This happens quite often in the automotive service ... Replace the grease fitting ... It would be worth a try.

Oct 23, 2012 | 07:22 PM

dansflhti

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My grease pump has a rigid pipe.,and you gotta push on it quite hard to get grease to go in the neck.

Oct 23, 2012 | 07:28 PM

CSMHOG

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I replaced the grease fitting on mine to give it a better angle before the tube squirts all that gooey stuff into the hole.

The post above is 100% correct.

Oct 23, 2012 | 07:35 PM

soos

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle Larry

It's possible that the grease fitting is bad ( frozen at the check valve ) This happens quite often in the automotive service ... Replace the grease fitting ... It would be worth a try.

+1. Grease fittings are inexpensive and easy to replace. I suggest replacing it with a 90* fitting.