I use that mercury marine gimbal bearing grease. (for boats) lol
Blue stuff. Waterproof and drip proof in high heat.

 

No they do not!
It has been mentioned here before that it is on the recommended service at 25,000 (I think) miles to do a tear down and inspection and re-lube of the steering head bearings.
Also think the reason for no grease fitting is a redesign of the frame that leave the frame tubes open to the steering neck. Read that here also.

 

The next time you tear your front end down, install these.

http://www.jpcycles.com/product/230-411

Pack them with some good grease, install, and forget about them. I put these in my FXSTC two years, and many miles ago, and haven't had a problem yet. I'll have a set of these waiting when I tear down the front end on my 08 FLHTCU.

 

Pump grease into it until it starts comming out, stop, wipe off the excess with a rope, no runs, no drips, no errors, lmao.....

 

thats exactly what i used. took aabout a whole small tube before i started to see grease squeezing out of top. If u think about it, thats the only way to get it done with a grease fitting. otherwise youll have to tear her down. Not fun. Ive done it a million times on mx race bikes but i have no desire to spend a day just to get some grease in there. Probably why the Moco puts the fitting on.

 

Been there done that. You cant forget about them. Sealed bearings still must be greased.

 

You have to fill the neck with grease.

That means it's spewing grease from every point, Steering lock, and bearing cups top and bottom.

If you use a high melting point grease, you won't be wiping drips from now until the end of time.

Others will tell you not to use high melting point because of bla bla bla, but it's up to you. Wipe or not to wipe.

I used high melting point, and then because of warranty it went for service and they greased it with Harley stuff and now it drips.........

 

So tell me where the grease is going? If it ain't dripping out, it's still packed between the rollers. It's a steering bearing, not a electric motor bearing that's spinning at 1750 rpm.

 

Or worse yet, a car wheel bearing. I've repacked 50 year old bearings that with 100,000 miles on them and they still look like new...I have to think a car wheel bearing has a lot more stress on it than these head bearings?

 

no one knows where it goes, but it is cheap insurance to do it.

The guys at my dealer told me they put damn near a full tube in my bike when they prepped it for me before I took her home in July.

almost at 3200 miles....problaby wouldn't hurt for me to grease it up just to be sure.

What's a good source for the boat grease that doesn't drip??

~Joe