How do you know when to change your fork oil?
The oil in your fork loses lubricity, gets dirty, and should be changed every 10,000 miles or once a year.
What weight is Screaming Eagle Fork oil?
Screamin’ Eagle® Performance Fork Oil – A heavier oil (15wt) provides extra damping in performance application.
How do you fill a Harley fork with oil?
- Fill It. With the 49mm fork tube fully extended; pour, slightly more than, 24 fl. oz.
- Hold It. Use a fork tube holder or a second set of hands. Tip You have to have your Year and Model service manual!
- Extract It. Set your fluid extractor to 3.74″, or 95mm.
- Replace It. You can now reassemble the fork tube.
What can you do with old fork oil?
Just bring it to an oil change place. They’ll let you pour it in their drain pans.
What’s the best way to change fork oil?
If you are just changing the oil, the best idea is to measure how much oil you drain from each side, and start with that much on the make-up. If “dry”, then add the amount shown in the book and then do as below.
How do you change oil on a Harley Davidson?
Then remove the soda bottles and used oil, put the screws back in (with their copper washers), jack the bike up to get the front wheel off the ground, remove the caps (yes, now), put in fresh oil, replace the caps, and lower the bike off the jack. I did this just last week, and this is exactly the way it was done. No lost drain screws and no mist.
What kind of oil do I need for a touring Fork?
You will also need two bottles of fork oil…….I chose the SE fork oil which is 15wt Here are some photos of the job. Remove the fairing Cap using the T25 Torx Bit Before
How much oil does a Harley Davidson Fork need?
and for FLHR/C (conventional fork type) it ask for 11 oz or325 ml and 4.92 in . Need to know how much fork oil needed in 2007 FLSTC. Have repair manual that says let Harley mechanics do .Not! I repaired tubes already and have Screaming Eagle heavy fork oil. Can I use this and if so how many ounces? Click to expand…
What’s the best way to change your fork oil?
A note to those changing fork oil, Used fork oil smells horrible. Change it outside or with the garage door open. Click to expand… This brings back memories. I recently did a fork oil change on my 1998 Fatboy. The oil smelled like… well…oil. However Back in the seventies when I rode and repaired lots of Asian off road bikes.
Which is the best fork oil for Road Glide?
HD-is not much help, they have a screaming eagle weight…haha Joke. Was wondering about a good BelRay or Other Synth oil weight. Ride 2 up most of the time.
Can You Run Fork oil with 34k miles?
BTW 13 RGU with 34K miles. actually, they have 2 screamin eagle weights. there is screamin eagle heavy, and screamin eagle race. I am running the heavy. I like it. some folks think it is too heavy and mix it 50/50 with stock. do not get the race. if you do, it’ll feel like concrete. pretty much for track use only.
Then remove the soda bottles and used oil, put the screws back in (with their copper washers), jack the bike up to get the front wheel off the ground, remove the caps (yes, now), put in fresh oil, replace the caps, and lower the bike off the jack. I did this just last week, and this is exactly the way it was done. No lost drain screws and no mist.