Hey guys, Still fairly new to the Harley's only had my RK for about a year. I'm thinking of have my 02 RK repainted. My question is will the front and rear fenders come off without having to remove the wheels?

 

best to remove the wheels, I suppose they could come off with wheels in place, but the difficulty of getting wrenches on the bolts increases greatly

you could looks for another set of "tins" and have them painted, then swap when they are complete.

this is the time to think about having any extra holes filled, rivets ground off and surfaces smoothed etc. these minor things make the difference between a repaint and a custom job

mike

 

No they won't. The front needs to run down the fork slider, as it won't come through the gap between them. The rear is so long it won't wrap around the rear wheel easily. I've repainted and refitted mine in the last few weeks.

 

Easiest to remove the wheels, but not necessary. Had my 09FLHTP repainted last Dec. All tins came off without removal of wheels.

Front Fender can be a bear to remove safety clips, but it can be done.

It's a real jigsaw puzzle to reinstall.

If you can run a rachet, you can do it.

Dan B.
Central Ks.

 

OK cool thanks guys. I'm very mechanically inclined so I'm sure I can do it. I'll take the wheels off, hell maybe even powder coat those while I'm at it, the factory finish on them is a pain in the *** to clean.

 

On later touring bikes, I never remove the front wheel to remove the fenders. Once you do it a time or two, you can get efficient at it.

As for the rears, it can be done, it's just a lot easier for us with big hands to remove the wheel first.

The service manual shows the procedure pretty well.

 

get a roll of that blue painters tape. cover everything. front will come off. no need to take wheel off.

 

jack the bike up until the rear tire is almost off the ground,the rear fender will come of easy,just changed mine on a ultra no diff.

 

I've done rear fender swap without pulling tire not bad at all. Just need a jack to make it easier to remove/install new fender. Front tire is pretty easy remove for front.