Need to know how to gain access to the steering head bearing on my 2020 Lowrider S
I have a lot of wobble going around 50-70 mph and I need to mess with the bearing just don't know how to get in there to do so. I want to try doing it my self before I take it to the dealership.
It's possible that the steering stem will have to be loosened slightly when intuition tells you to tighten it. When they bearings have too much pre-load they tend to 'stick' ever so slightly and the bike seems to wander as you make tiny corrections. In other words, the bike won't self-center the way it should.
If you're really going to get into this, you might want to invest in a shop manual. It's great to see another guy jumping in to the world of DIY!
Even if there was, that would only dump grease into the neck (completely useless). It wouldn't grease the bearing.
Previous generation softails had a zerk fitting there and you would pump grease in it enough that grease would flow out of the upper and lower bearings.
Previous generation softails had a zerk fitting there and you would pump grease in it enough that grease would flow out of the upper and lower bearings.
One of the reasons I dislike the new Softails. A job which used to take me five minutes (including wiping up the excess grease) now takes more than a day to accomplish (assuming it will ever be done at all).
I suspect I’ll just run the head bearings to failure since the labor to grease them is the same as the labor to replace them.
Just one more example of the disposable society we’ve created.