1st year of cartridge in left fork tube in FLH/FLT models

[flht99b]

Was 2003 the first year of the left side cartridge fork on the FLH and FLT models ?? TIA....Ed M.

[calif phil]

I think it was 2002 to 2005

[maineultraclassic]

2002 to 2005 sounds about right.

2007 is when I got rid of it on my 2005............LOL

Steve

[egstandard]

What do you have to do to get rid of it? Is it as simple as buying the pre- cartridge parts and installing them. I have a 2004 flht.

[smoserx1]

The Road king did not use the cartridge, so if you want to dump the cartridge get the internal parts for the same year RK.

[04glide]

Yep just swap the parts out. It is that easy.

[egstandard]

Ok, thanks.

[maineultraclassic]

What do you have to do to get rid of it? Is it as simple as buying the pre- cartridge parts and installing them. I have a 2004 flht.

P/N: 45803-97 STOP, oil lock
P/N: 45838-77 BOLT, front fork
P/N: 45845-77 O-RING
P/N: 45859-77A RING, piston damper tube
P/N: 45890-97 TUBE ASSEMBLY
P/N: 45891-97 DAMPER tube assembly
P/N: 45892-02 SPRING, fork
P/N: 45933-86 SPRING, rebound

The sliders for 99 - 06 are all the same whether cartridge or non-cartridge.

In addition, you'll need two new seals, P/N 45875-84A and two containers of fork oil.


You'll have one part, (P/N 45838-77) that you could have used from the old parts instead of buying new, but I have it listed here so that when finished, your converted fork will match the parts catalogs. After I finished, I discovered that I didn't really have to purchase this $22.50 part, the old one is different but it would have worked just fine.

The conversion is really very easy. It only took me 3 hours, start to finish. I could do it in a couple of hours now.
To set the new seal, I used some 1-1/2" PVC pipe, slit so that it would slide over the fork tube and push the seal into place.


Cost me about $125 in parts for the swap over, and it will make future fork oil changes much easier.

Steve

[Deye76]

Are the internals from the 2008-2009 different from the pre- cartridge internals?
IIRC the late model internals are like emulators and can be insatlled in 2004 lowers.

[HDDOC]

There was a time about a year ago that you could buy the left and right 06 fork assemblys complete for $328.00 with oil in them, but a recent parts check just let me know the parts have gone up to over $400.00.  Doc

[flht99b]

What are the P/N's for the complete left and right '06 fork assemblies. It may just be cost and time effective to buy them even though the price has gone up.  TIA....Ed M.

[egstandard]

Thanks Steve for those part numbers. That helps a bunch.

[maineultraclassic]

Most of those parts are readily available at your local dealers.

There is no difference in the ride at all, and I know the future fluid changes will be much easier.

Steve

[FSG]

Have a look at putting a set of Race Tech Gold Emulators in while your got the front apart.

[egstandard]

Never heard of them. What's the benefit?

[FSG]

Never heard of them. What's the benefit?

oooooohhhh they make the front end nice, remove the harshness and dive under braking, their www site http://www.race-tech.com/   

[egstandard]

Thanks for the link. Looks like a great product. A little pricey for me though.

[Ken R]

Ha!  You found it, Steve!  I was going to go hunting for that post.   

Ken

What do you have to do to get rid of it? Is it as simple as buying the pre- cartridge parts and installing them. I have a 2004 flht.

P/N: 45803-97 STOP, oil lock
P/N: 45838-77 BOLT, front fork
P/N: 45845-77 O-RING
P/N: 45859-77A RING, piston damper tube
P/N: 45890-97 TUBE ASSEMBLY
P/N: 45891-97 DAMPER tube assembly
P/N: 45892-02 SPRING, fork
P/N: 45933-86 SPRING, rebound

The sliders for 99 - 06 are all the same whether cartridge or non-cartridge.

In addition, you'll need two new seals, P/N 45875-84A and two containers of fork oil.


You'll have one part, (P/N 45838-77) that you could have used from the old parts instead of buying new, but I have it listed here so that when finished, your converted fork will match the parts catalogs. After I finished, I discovered that I didn't really have to purchase this $22.50 part, the old one is different but it would have worked just fine.

The conversion is really very easy. It only took me 3 hours, start to finish. I could do it in a couple of hours now.
To set the new seal, I used some 1-1/2" PVC pipe, slit so that it would slide over the fork tube and push the seal into place.


Cost me about $125 in parts for the swap over, and it will make future fork oil changes much easier.

Steve

[maineultraclassic]

I still have your email you sent me with that info in it. Great info to hang onto to help others in the future.

Steve

[HDDOC]

06 forks complete.  46495-06 left-46502-06 right.  Doc

[hdjax2]

Does my 06 Ultra have the cartridge? The reason I ask is it's coming apart this winter.