Steering head bearings and adjusting fall away.

[Q-Dog]

Originally Posted by vafatboy

Haven't done it...but don't the pinch bolts for the sliders need to be loosened as well?

Originally Posted by jasilva

Yep, got in a hurry and wanted to dis the FLTR riders, and forgot that.

...fixed it for ya'....

[MegaGlide]

Originally Posted by Q-Dog

...fixed it for ya'....

Can't blame him, really.

[jasilva]

Originally Posted by Q-Dog

...fixed it for ya'....

Well yeah, isn't that why Harley built them, entertainment value?

[vafatboy]

Ain't right to dis a Brothers ride.....repeatedly.

[jasilva]

Originally Posted by vafatboy

Ain't right to dis a Brothers ride.....repeatedly.

Didn't he get the disclaimer from Harley when he bought it?

I like RGs, but if that gets said too often they'll get all puffed up.

[Dsanchez]

Originally Posted by jasilva

Alignment is actually pretty simple if you follow the directions from Glide Pro, and a lot more accurate. Mine was good according to Harley but when I checked it it was out quite a bit. Enough that I got a nasty speed wobble in high speed sweepers with any kind of bump. Re-aligned it and it's rock steady up too 100mph now.

This brings up an interesting point (atleast to me)...

What year is your bike ? Could it be that a significant part of the rear wheel wobble on FLHs in sweepers is more due to factory misalignment rather than an engineering oversight in the swingarm ?

[Geezer-Glide]

Originally Posted by Dsanchez

This brings up an interesting point (atleast to me)...

What year is your bike ? Could it be that a significant part of the rear wheel wobble on FLHs in sweepers is more due to factory misalignment rather than an engineering oversight in the swingarm ?

No. The swingarm pivot point is well documented as being the weak link.

[Geezer-Glide]

Also, fall away is the generic term we all use. Properly, fall AWAY is for softails and FX's. And 'neck bearing adjustment' is for FLH's. Due to trail differences in the triple trees, softails and FX's front end will "fall away" at a certain point when pushed past center. Both wheels need to be off the ground to test.

FLH's need to adjust to the number of swings left and right with both wheels off the ground.

Either way, the end result is the same. If it's not within spec, the bike handles like shit. Mine had a high speed weave in it that would put a pucker in your undies. My adjuster nut was too tight.

Too loose, and you can get a tank slapper that could toss you to the ground.

[Sonic]

If you loosen the cables are you not taking out something out of the equation that would change the settings when re-attached. Ie: drag? friction?

[y2kflhr]

hey geeze, why didn't we do this when my bike was all apart? bastage.....

[jasilva]

Originally Posted by Geezer-Glide

No. The swingarm pivot point is well documented as being the weak link.

Yep, the wobble I had was unrelated to the rear end. The bike was not aligned front to rear so the rear was pulling the bike and the front was fighting itself between the designed in trail and trying to track with the rear end. Not a real big deal until the speed was high enough that my weight and the inertia of the bike was overcome by the force working the front end.

Originally Posted by Sonic

If you loosen the cables are you not taking out something out of the equation that would change the settings when re-attached. Ie: drag? friction?

Nope, the adjustment procedure is done this way to take the variables of different cable types, lengths, and routings out of the procedure.

[jasilva]

Originally Posted by y2kflhr

hey geeze, why didn't we do this when my bike was all apart? bastage.....

He took out an insurance policy on you instead.

[y2kflhr]

Oh I didn't pay that bill

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[Geezer-Glide]

Originally Posted by y2kflhr

hey geeze, why didn't we do this when my bike was all apart? bastage.....

Originally Posted by jasilva

He took out an insurance policy on you instead.

Originally Posted by y2kflhr

Oh I didn't pay that bill

But I did!

'Sides......... Ghey paint bike is new. Kinda.

And like I said...... it's a royal PIA. I'd had enough of you by then.

[y2kflhr]

Asshat

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