5,000 mile service- Can a rookie do it?
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5,000 mile service- Can a rookie do it?
What do you guys think about a rookie buying a manual and doing the 5,000 mile service. I'm fine with changing the fluids, I'm just concerned about the adjustments . I hate to pay $300+ when I could do it myself. BTW I eventually want to learn to do it myself anyway. Really how much adjusting is a 5 month old bob going to require. Any advice would be appreciated. Besides if I screw something up there are lot's of experts here to walk me through it.
jdog
jdog
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RE: 5,000 mile service- Can a rookie do it?
Buy the service manual and do the work your self. It is almost a repeat of the 1000mi service. The manual will walk you right through it step by step. Save all of the receipts and document the work. I did my own service and even took a couple of photos of the work in progress to go with the receipts. I am not a super mechanic by any stretch of the imagination, and if I can do it anyone can.
good luck with it
Zyklon
good luck with it
Zyklon
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RE: 5,000 mile service- Can a rookie do it?
Gentlemen,
Thanks for the words of encouragment. I'm not sure if others notice this at the dealer, but where I bought my "BOB" the service dept. consists of 20 year old guys driving beat up crotch rockets and working on sea doo's. This makes me wonder about how much care and time they put in to maintenance of the "new" harley's.
jdog
Any body know the manual #? I have seen it posted before.
Thanks for the words of encouragment. I'm not sure if others notice this at the dealer, but where I bought my "BOB" the service dept. consists of 20 year old guys driving beat up crotch rockets and working on sea doo's. This makes me wonder about how much care and time they put in to maintenance of the "new" harley's.
jdog
Any body know the manual #? I have seen it posted before.
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RE: 5,000 mile service- Can a rookie do it?
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RE: 5,000 mile service- Can a rookie do it?
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
buy,i got mine from surdyke,i think it was only 44.00,they shipped pretty fast too .
http://www.surdykeharley-davidson.com/
buy,i got mine from surdyke,i think it was only 44.00,they shipped pretty fast too .
http://www.surdykeharley-davidson.com/