EGC steering head bearings?

[har_d88]

Anyone ever greased the neck bearings on this bike? Looks to me like you will need a grease gun with a 90 degree head on it to get the grease in. Any one have any suggestions?

[Jeffd]

any farm supply has an adaptor for your grease gun that slides right on the stock zerk.  Some replace the zerk with a 90* zerk but the adaptor works slick.

[frito1]

If you've never greased it before get ready for a workout.  You'll be pumpin' for a while.

[sundog1258]

Only advise I've got for you is don't use cheap grease, or you'll be wearing it all next summer.
Phil

[Ed Y]

I'd recommend "Green Grease", available at Auto Zone and other auto parts stores.

[HDDOC]

I'd recommend "Green Grease", available at Auto Zone and other auto parts stores.

Ed how is the Green grease in the 90* temps?    Thats about the only grease I have not tried. all others turn to oil and or collect at the bottom triple tree.   Thanks Doc

[Ed Y]

I live in South MS, so I see lots of high temp's. It was no problem on my 99 FLHT and it's no problem on the 02 RG I have now. Just as an afterthought, I am also a volunteer firefighter. We use "green grease" to lube valves on all the pumping equipment. When finished, I hang the grease pump on a peg board in one of the stations and it never drips a drop. Stations are not air conditioned so they see 100 degrees in the summer.

It works fine for me. 

[mrmike]

Hey Doc,
             Years ago I caught a similar thread here and got a tip about using Slick 50 grease so I went on line and ordered a few tubes and used that from the start on my 03 RK and have never had a problem with it running. IIRC the reason to use it was as a synthetic lube it wasn't prone to seperate and run like a petroleum grease. Course the first lube requires 1/2 a tube, LOL.

Mike

[HDDOC]

I have a tube of Redline left and it drips just hanging and its full syn. grease. I can get the green grease at auto zone, so will give it a try.  Thanks Doc

[road-dawgs1]

Personally I think it's a lot cheaper to just change out the zerk with a 45 degree zerk.  This is what I did, then I put the straight zerk in my primary where the gear shifter goes through (like they used to have on the old EVO's).

[waskier01]

Huge internal cavity fills the bottom half with grease. With luck some might make the upper bearing, but not likely. High temp will cause grease seperation.  If you don't use a grease that's combatible with the stock grease there'll be a problem, yet, nobody's sure the stock grease itself won't cause seperation.     Disassemble and hand lubricate.  good luck.  Not fun.

[HDDOC]

Huge internal cavity fills the bottom half with grease. With luck some might make the upper bearing, but not likely. High temp will cause grease seperation.  If you don't use a grease that's combatible with the stock grease there'll be a problem, yet, nobody's sure the stock grease itself won't cause seperation.     Disassemble and hand lubricate.  good luck.  Not fun.

HD states to use Special Purpose grease that they sell, I have used it and it turns to oil also.  Doc

[tmwmoose]

 I usually just replace the bearings at 50k with a good grease pack. To pump the neck full of grease might keep lube on the bottom bearing and it will give the lower tree a oil bath in hot temps like here in Fl, customers think they have a fork seal leak its more crap than its worth were not talkin wheel bearings after all. Now if the Moco had a zerk at each end and a sealing at each one as well that would be the cats ass ....dream on