Found something on my front forks
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Found something on my front forks
Was replacing my front tire today and with the axle removed I noticed that at the bottom of my forks there is an allen head bolt in each one. Appears to be around 3/8ths in size. Could this be the drain for the fork oil??? Manual says nothing about them. Says to drain fork oil to remove forks and disassemble. Others on this site have said same, that they did away with the drains in 06. Could mine have 05 forks??? Or does this hold the bottom of some spring???
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RE: Found something on my front forks
ORIGINAL: TMace
Was replacing my front tire today and with the axle removed I noticed that at the bottom of my forks there is an allen head bolt in each one. Appears to be around 3/8ths in size. Could this be the drain for the fork oil??? Manual says nothing about them. Says to drain fork oil to remove forks and disassemble. Others on this site have said same, that they did away with the drains in 06. Could mine have 05 forks??? Or does this hold the bottom of some spring???
Was replacing my front tire today and with the axle removed I noticed that at the bottom of my forks there is an allen head bolt in each one. Appears to be around 3/8ths in size. Could this be the drain for the fork oil??? Manual says nothing about them. Says to drain fork oil to remove forks and disassemble. Others on this site have said same, that they did away with the drains in 06. Could mine have 05 forks??? Or does this hold the bottom of some spring???
No drain plug on the 06 up Dynas.
mud
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RE: Found something on my front forks
ORIGINAL: mudpuddle
TM, don't remove that 12mm bolt unless you want to disassemble the fork pipes.
No drain plug on the 06 up Dynas.
mud
ORIGINAL: TMace
Was replacing my front tire today and with the axle removed I noticed that at the bottom of my forks there is an allen head bolt in each one. Appears to be around 3/8ths in size. Could this be the drain for the fork oil??? Manual says nothing about them. Says to drain fork oil to remove forks and disassemble. Others on this site have said same, that they did away with the drains in 06. Could mine have 05 forks??? Or does this hold the bottom of some spring???
Was replacing my front tire today and with the axle removed I noticed that at the bottom of my forks there is an allen head bolt in each one. Appears to be around 3/8ths in size. Could this be the drain for the fork oil??? Manual says nothing about them. Says to drain fork oil to remove forks and disassemble. Others on this site have said same, that they did away with the drains in 06. Could mine have 05 forks??? Or does this hold the bottom of some spring???
No drain plug on the 06 up Dynas.
mud
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RE: Found something on my front forks
ORIGINAL: mudpuddle
TM, don't remove that 12mm bolt unless you want to disassemble the fork pipes.
No drain plug on the 06 up Dynas.
mud
ORIGINAL: TMace
Was replacing my front tire today and with the axle removed I noticed that at the bottom of my forks there is an allen head bolt in each one. Appears to be around 3/8ths in size. Could this be the drain for the fork oil??? Manual says nothing about them. Says to drain fork oil to remove forks and disassemble. Others on this site have said same, that they did away with the drains in 06. Could mine have 05 forks??? Or does this hold the bottom of some spring???
Was replacing my front tire today and with the axle removed I noticed that at the bottom of my forks there is an allen head bolt in each one. Appears to be around 3/8ths in size. Could this be the drain for the fork oil??? Manual says nothing about them. Says to drain fork oil to remove forks and disassemble. Others on this site have said same, that they did away with the drains in 06. Could mine have 05 forks??? Or does this hold the bottom of some spring???
No drain plug on the 06 up Dynas.
mud
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RE: Found something on my front forks
ORIGINAL: mudpuddle
TM, don't remove that 12mm bolt unless you want to disassemble the fork pipes.
No drain plug on the 06 up Dynas.
mud
ORIGINAL: TMace
Was replacing my front tire today and with the axle removed I noticed that at the bottom of my forks there is an allen head bolt in each one. Appears to be around 3/8ths in size. Could this be the drain for the fork oil??? Manual says nothing about them. Says to drain fork oil to remove forks and disassemble. Others on this site have said same, that they did away with the drains in 06. Could mine have 05 forks??? Or does this hold the bottom of some spring???
Was replacing my front tire today and with the axle removed I noticed that at the bottom of my forks there is an allen head bolt in each one. Appears to be around 3/8ths in size. Could this be the drain for the fork oil??? Manual says nothing about them. Says to drain fork oil to remove forks and disassemble. Others on this site have said same, that they did away with the drains in 06. Could mine have 05 forks??? Or does this hold the bottom of some spring???
No drain plug on the 06 up Dynas.
mud
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RE: Found something on my front forks
ORIGINAL: arnold
Could you clarify fore I break something? I was told on here and from my dealer thats how you drain front fork oil
ORIGINAL: mudpuddle
TM, don't remove that 12mm bolt unless you want to disassemble the fork pipes.
No drain plug on the 06 up Dynas.
mud
ORIGINAL: TMace
Was replacing my front tire today and with the axle removed I noticed that at the bottom of my forks there is an allen head bolt in each one. Appears to be around 3/8ths in size. Could this be the drain for the fork oil??? Manual says nothing about them. Says to drain fork oil to remove forks and disassemble. Others on this site have said same, that they did away with the drains in 06. Could mine have 05 forks??? Or does this hold the bottom of some spring???
Was replacing my front tire today and with the axle removed I noticed that at the bottom of my forks there is an allen head bolt in each one. Appears to be around 3/8ths in size. Could this be the drain for the fork oil??? Manual says nothing about them. Says to drain fork oil to remove forks and disassemble. Others on this site have said same, that they did away with the drains in 06. Could mine have 05 forks??? Or does this hold the bottom of some spring???
No drain plug on the 06 up Dynas.
mud
Oh, and find a new dealer. ASAP.
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RE: Found something on my front forks
ORIGINAL: FastHarley
Mudd, are you sure it is a 12mm? The # 6 keeps on poping up.
Give a call. Just did (almost done) a conversion of a 67 Electraglide Pan/Shovel front end
to a 04 FL front end to get the disk brakes.
Busy for 3 days now.
ORIGINAL: mudpuddle
TM, don't remove that 12mm bolt unless you want to disassemble the fork pipes.
No drain plug on the 06 up Dynas.
mud
TM, don't remove that 12mm bolt unless you want to disassemble the fork pipes.
No drain plug on the 06 up Dynas.
mud
Give a call. Just did (almost done) a conversion of a 67 Electraglide Pan/Shovel front end
to a 04 FL front end to get the disk brakes.
Busy for 3 days now.
12mm isthe wrench size on the Dyna. Metric I don't get it all.
I'll try to give you a call later.
I wanna hear about that front end conversion.
mud
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RE: Found something on my front forks
ORIGINAL: arnold
Could you clarify fore I break something?
I was told on here and from my dealer thats how you drain front fork oil
ORIGINAL: mudpuddle
TM, don't remove that 12mm bolt unless you want to disassemble the fork pipes.
No drain plug on the 06 up Dynas.
mud
TM, don't remove that 12mm bolt unless you want to disassemble the fork pipes.
No drain plug on the 06 up Dynas.
mud
Could you clarify fore I break something?
I was told on here and from my dealer thats how you drain front fork oil
but I woukd call that dealer again for clarification.
We have discussed this before when you were suggesting
using a syringe to inject new oil thru the bottom hole.
mud
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RE: Found something on my front forks
ORIGINAL: Psycho
It holds the dooflatchy in the bottom of the thingamajig. Don't take it out unless you plan on completely dissasembling the fork tube assembly.
Oh, and find a new dealer. ASAP.
ORIGINAL: arnold
Could you clarify fore I break something? I was told on here and from my dealer thats how you drain front fork oil
Could you clarify fore I break something? I was told on here and from my dealer thats how you drain front fork oil
Oh, and find a new dealer. ASAP.
Bolt #30 holds part #23, the dooflatchy,
in part #26, the thingamajig.
mud
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RE: Found something on my front forks
ORIGINAL: mudpuddle
Arnold,removing the boltwon't break anything,
but I woukd call that dealer again for clarification.
We have discussed this before when you were suggesting
using a syringe to inject new oil thru the bottom hole.
mud
ORIGINAL: arnold
Could you clarify fore I break something?
I was told on here and from my dealer thats how you drain front fork oil
ORIGINAL: mudpuddle
TM, don't remove that 12mm bolt unless you want to disassemble the fork pipes.
No drain plug on the 06 up Dynas.
mud
TM, don't remove that 12mm bolt unless you want to disassemble the fork pipes.
No drain plug on the 06 up Dynas.
mud
Could you clarify fore I break something?
I was told on here and from my dealer thats how you drain front fork oil
but I woukd call that dealer again for clarification.
We have discussed this before when you were suggesting
using a syringe to inject new oil thru the bottom hole.
mud