Oil Change Help?

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

#11

07-27-2009, 07:42 AM

Rakthi

Road Warrior

Join Date: May 2009

Location: Belgium

Posts: 1,493

Likes: 438

Received 94 Likes on 79 Posts

Sorry but can't take credit for the pics and blurb ... found this guys site a while back and bookmarked it thinking it might come in handy. ... And it did.

Reply Like

#12

07-27-2009, 07:46 AM

tk353

Ultimate HDF Member

Join Date: Oct 2007

Location: Leander Texas

Posts: 5,257

Likes: 0

Received 5 Likes on 5 Posts

mine are all 5/8 with the allen in the middle that does not work well

Reply Like

#13

07-27-2009, 06:18 PM

Dorkman

Ultimate HDF Member

Join Date: Feb 2007

Location: Northern California

Posts: 5,578

Likes: 0

Received 4 Likes on 2 Posts

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deuce55

Rakthi, Dorkman; some of the best, most straight-forward info on changing the 3 oils and filter that I have seen. Excellent job. Gets right to the point. Just one question; in the pics it looks like your side stand happens to hold the bike fairly upright. What is the requirements with that?

BTW, I bought the fixmyhog DVDs. Takes the guy way too long to get to the real info that you need.

Slip a 2x6 under the side stand. It gets the bike damn near upright without tipping over.

Reply Like

#14

07-27-2009, 07:49 PM

mtonyl

Intermediate

Thread Starter

Join Date: Apr 2007

Posts: 49

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Thanks so much, very helpful as always!

Reply Like

#15

07-27-2009, 09:10 PM

PureDeath

Road Warrior

Join Date: Oct 2008

Location: South Central Tejas

Posts: 1,544

Likes: 30

Received 54 Likes on 42 Posts

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dorkman

A few tips. The O rings that Harley wants a couple of bucks for can be purchased at Home Depot, Lowes, etc. The size is #41 in the plumbing department...a dozen for around a buck fifty.

Thanks for the info................that will save ya around $1.50 an O ring.

Reply Like