Any advice, tips or tricks on changing out forks?
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Any advice, tips or tricks on changing out forks?
Today I just pulled the trigger on a buch of parts from Impress Chrome. I bought the Chrome fork uppers and lower legs, Chrom OE wheels, Chrome rotors (front and rear) chrome Pulley. I already have the Calipers covered.
Anyways I was going to have a local Indy do the install but then the more I thought about it I am going to do it myself. I have a very large set of tools along with torque wrenches from 1/4" to 3/4" and a shop manual on its way. I have pretty much done anything you could want on ATVs Side by sides and trucks so I am confident I can figure this out. I just have limited Harley wrenching experience.
Any advice on removing and replacing the forks? anything I need to look out for? I will be installing Progressive lowering springs while I have it all apart.
Thanks in advance
Anyways I was going to have a local Indy do the install but then the more I thought about it I am going to do it myself. I have a very large set of tools along with torque wrenches from 1/4" to 3/4" and a shop manual on its way. I have pretty much done anything you could want on ATVs Side by sides and trucks so I am confident I can figure this out. I just have limited Harley wrenching experience.
Any advice on removing and replacing the forks? anything I need to look out for? I will be installing Progressive lowering springs while I have it all apart.
Thanks in advance
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For the forks, I have a few special tools to include a fork seal driver and a fork cap socket. Both of these tools come in very handy when working on the forks. I have never taken the springs out though. Just the lowers off for powder coating.
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I appreciate the response. I have watched a couple of youtube videos and the disassembly seems pretty straight forward. I'm not real sure on the removal. I am guessing I need to pull the outer faring. Not sure if any of the inner needs to come out to get to the tree.
One of the YouTube videos I watched the guy slid the tubes down and tightened up the pinch bolts, then loosened up the caps before totally removing the tubes from the trees. I did this when I changed out my Monotubes and it worked great.
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You'll need to only take off the ignition cover on the inner fairing side to get to the caps.
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