HarleyTechTalk

Has anyone out there shimmed the play out of their fork lowers? I replaced the bushings in my forks this winter with new ones and although the same brand as the previous ones these have much more play, to the point where I have a clunk over bumps and it actually chattered dragging the brake going slow in traffic downhill to a stop sign.
I have a set of 12" feeler gauges 1/2" wide on the way for shim stock along with new bushings and seals so there is no question whether or not I am going to give it a try, but I would like to hear from anyone who has actually done it. I am particularly interested in what approach they took on the top (outside) bushing.
Anyone have any experience with this that could give me a few pointers?

TIA,
Gene

Hi Guys, I have an ironhead XLH 75, the first year left foot shift model with the 10 mile long pedal......
It was struggling to find 2nd gear and beyond while running/riding, could just get all the gears carefully moving pedal by hand. Having made sure all the linkages were tight, went on to inspect the shaft..... This is what I found......
https://youtu.be/y1NBH3flPHw

I'd be tempted to vent the primary and put a belt back in there 

If it were me I'd go back to a faithful chain.

Ugh...

Well today I had the 79 lowrider out for a short put, when about 15 minutes from the house it decides to rev but not go. So after calling a friend to come get me, I get it home and open up the primary and I am greeted by a primary belt with no teeth. It would appear that someone did a belt drive conversion at some point on this relatively low mileage FXS. But, the belt was a little oily and there was no ventilation in the primary.

Howdy, welcome from Montana, USA

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i remember on my 71 fx the bendix was one of the first things that hit the garbage.plus
many other problems on my new 71 amf fx