Quick guild to progressive drop ins

First you need to take the pressure off of the fork tubes,,,So a jack is needed,,,I raised my bike to the point were the tire was slightly touching,,,Just to keep a little tension ,,avoiding the forks from slapping over while working on tubes

Next remove your handle bars ,,to have access to the fork caps



Loosen top pinch bolt and then fork caps
Now you can remove the stock spacer



Remove washer by fishing it out


Then fish out stock springs with coat hanger..


after old spring is removed,,install new spring


Then install compensation spring



next washer



Then cut spacer,,,I wanted a one inch drop,, so i cut the spacer down to two inches ,,,If your looking for a two inch drop ,,cut the spacer down to one inch...



Install spacer then fork cap


Re-tighten pinch bolt ,,and reinstall handle bars,,,
Look at bike and enjoy,,,,

My bike is a 2010 so there was no need to change out fork oil,,,but it is recommended,,,I also let the spacer and spring drain into the tubes,,,so there was only a three or four drops of lost oil..


Very easy to do,,,

 

Sweet ! I'll be doing my springs soon (not the lowering kit, std height) soon, thanks for the visual, seems straight forward enough.
G.

 

Anyone go to the Home Page on this Forum? They have a video posted of this very thing....This is the title HARLEY DAVIDSON PRODUCT " Progressive's Suspension DROP-IN fork lowering kit" Step by step video from start to finish.

https://www.hdforums.com/

 

I figured it wouldn't take to long for some b.s.,,,But hey thanks for the tip...

 

Just installed this kit on my 2008 FXDC. I have to second how easy this really was.

 

Hey dirtnap...great job..most appericate it...enjoy..

 

nice man!!!! thank you for the brake down! i just got my spings in last week but i haven't installed them yet. the play by play was a huge help