How hard is it to disassemble the front fork tubes ? Is there any special tools needed ? I am putting chrome fork tubes on and could use info be fore i start.

thanks rick

 

Easy job, get a service manual or pay a pro. Good tech can swap out fork sliders in 1 hour.

 

Really? Tha manual mentions a couple tools that are exspensive to buy. The HD shop wants $175 for the swap. I started reading the manual and it looked like I couldn't do it. Needed some sort of fork compressor or something.

 

You may need a spring compressor, particularly for the left, cartridge, side. I removed the fork legs and took them to my local dealer to do my spring change-out. On an FL, the lions share of the labor is the partial removal of the batwing. That is a bit of a PIA.

 

On the left leg, you do not need a spring compressor to swap the fork leg. There is no need to disassemble the cartridge. Just drain the oil from the leg in a measurable container. Then, do the leg swap as usual. Then, add back in the amount of oil that you drained out.

 

I did mine with pics on here. Easy to do. I can PM you with all you need to know when your ready and you can search for my post here

 

Dawg is So Helpful!

 

Thanks Dawg, I think I found it. How did I miss that thread the first time?