Help! Slider probablem

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Dec 1, 2012 | 06:49 PM

FL-kruzen

Thread Starter

Road Master

Joined: Oct 2011

Posts: 1,221

Likes: 17

From: West Palm Beach, FL

Help! Slider problem

I purchased chrome slider from EBay. They said it would fit FLHTC 2000-2010. So while I was installing today, I found my axle on my 01 FLHTC is too big and not just a little a lot. I contacted the shop from where I bought them and told basically they are all the same. Can Someone please help?

Thanks

Last edited by FL-kruzen; Dec 1, 2012 at 07:32 PM.

Dec 1, 2012 | 08:16 PM

FL-kruzen

Thread Starter

Road Master

Joined: Oct 2011

Posts: 1,221

Likes: 17

From: West Palm Beach, FL

No one can help?

Dec 1, 2012 | 08:32 PM

xwhyz1959

Stellar HDF Member

Joined: Dec 2009

Posts: 2,913

Likes: 2,542

Do you have a HD catalog?? Look in it for fitment info.I'm looking at page 404 of the 2013 catalog.

Dec 1, 2012 | 08:37 PM

dawg

Seasoned HDF Member

Joined: Jun 2006

Posts: 28,552

Likes: 3,954

From: Vermont

Buy a new axle and bearings? Or return your forks and get the right ones. Shame that they don't know the fitment of the product they sell.

Dec 1, 2012 | 08:43 PM

fabrik8r

Outstanding HDF Member

Joined: Jan 2010

Posts: 2,916

Likes: 31

From: earth

Damn Brother, you can't catch a break can you. The late model axles are 25mm, while your 01 is 1". They are wrong, they are not interchangeable from 2000-2010, the axle size is different, sorry you are having such a time. You could change wheel bearings and axle, or send 'em back.

Dec 1, 2012 | 10:44 PM

mfortkamp

Tourer

Joined: Nov 2010

Posts: 400

Likes: 10

From: Buckeye State

I know for a fact they 07 -08 sliders are the same. I put a 25mm axle in my 07 ultra classic and it fit fine. I'm pretty sure the older ones are 3/4 inch not 1 inch and that might be your problem.

Dec 1, 2012 | 11:00 PM

glcash

Road Warrior

Joined: May 2009

Posts: 1,770

Likes: 34

From: Bluegrass State

Sliders are screwed up. The axle is only different in size where they slide into the bearings. Not at the opening of the sliders. With that said, both 25mm & 1" axles ate the exact same size at both ends. Only differ in size in the middle of the axle.

7 Times Harley-Davidson Chucked Tradition Out the Window

Verdad Gallardo

7 Surprising Harley-Davidson Products that Are Not Motorcycles

Verdad Gallardo

8 Best Harley-Davidson Motorcycles Ever

Pouria Savadkouei

10 Worst Harley-Davidson Motorcycles Ever

Pouria Savadkouei

Killer Custom's Jail Break Is The Breakout That Refused to Blend In

Verdad Gallardo

Crazy Bunderbike Build Looks Amazing, But Is It Impossible to Ride?

Verdad Gallardo

Harley-Davidson Reveals Super Cool Cafe Racer Concept

Verdad Gallardo

Engraved Rebellion: Inside Bundnerbike's Glam Rock II

Verdad Gallardo

10 Motorcycles You Should Never Buy

Joe Kucinski

10 Things Harley-Davidson Needs to Fix in 2026

Verdad Gallardo

Dec 1, 2012 | 11:20 PM

traveler

Seasoned HDF Member

Joined: Jun 2005

Posts: 12,946

Likes: 32

From: Colorado Springs, CO

2008 is the first year for 25mm front axle and Throttle by wire.

~Joe

Dec 2, 2012 | 07:10 AM

#10

FL-kruzen

Thread Starter

Road Master

Joined: Oct 2011

Posts: 1,221

Likes: 17

From: West Palm Beach, FL

Thanks everyone for the response and help! After a nights sleep, I walk out and looked at the situation again, and it hit me like a sledge hammer! The axle doesn't fit when you try and install it from the wrong side! Geez, I feel like a total idiot! A couple of things I just learned, first, use the Service Manaul, which I didn't have because I loaned it to my friend. 2; After a week goes by from when I took it apart to when I started putting it back together, you may forget somethings, use your service manaul, and 3; at the end of a day working on the bike you get tired, or maybe it was the beers, use the service manual!

Thanks again for all the help.