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Broke down and bought this manual since i will be removing the body to install new Pro Action shocks(i know i dont have to remove it ) checking brakes pulling axles for DK axle plates,checking panhard rod checking lateral alignment.Winter time brings out the boredom:) plus give it a good cleaning. HD is very proud of this manual but it is a absolute requirement if you are planning on doing your own work.A lot of stuff you can find on Youtube but i prefer a manual.
Just ordered the axle bearing plates from DK will get the new bearings locally,hope to get the trike as bullet proof as i can before i retire in a year.
I agree the manuals are pricey but in my experience they more than pay for themselves in the ability to diy vs having a shop do the work and oh yeah avoiding a screw up. I like the parts manual also as it seems to have better diagrams of the various parts and how they fit together. Easy enough to check parts online if you don't want to spring for the printed manual or pay for a download 'pdf' version. I pulled the body on my TG when I installed the Pro-Action shocks. With the new style hydraulic coil over shocks on my 2020 I didn't want to cut the lines. The shock swap out was much easier with the body off and removing it wasn't very difficult.
Good luck with your projects.
Shop manuals are a plus if not only for proper torque sequences, the pics and diagrams are a huge help;)
I have hard copies and digital of all the manuals. I like the digital, because I print the pages I need on bigger jobs, when they get greasy, I chuck them. I like the Hard copy for "lite reading" before starting the jobs.
The first thing i buy for a new bike or truck is the factory service manual. Pays for itself over and over. When i first buy them they stay next to my chair in the living room and make for good reading material for a couple of months until i have absorbed all i am going to. Good way to get to know your bikes and cars.
I have to ask this, when taking body off how do you store and not damage it, I just can't figure this out I guess, was always going to ask Fearless but never got around to it, was thinking of saw horses but not sure.
Good luck on what you are going to do, sometimes I wish I had a heater in the garage when it was built, could have run a gas line and put in the trench we had for the wiring inside the pvc but I chose not to and now regret it.
Oh yea, harley really values their manuals, very pricey on all of them
All for now Trampas
[QUOTE=Trampas;803270]I have to ask this, when taking body off how do you store and not damage it, I just can't figure this out I guess, was always going to ask Fearless but never got around to it, was thinking of saw horses but not sure.
Good luck on what you are going to do, sometimes I wish I had a heater in the garage when it was built, could have run a gas line and put in the trench we had for the wiring inside the pvc but I chose not to and now regret it.
Oh yea, harley really values their manuals, very pricey on all of them
All for now Trampas[/QUOTE]
I'm sure saw horses would work but I think it would be tough to lift the body high enough for that. My wife helped me and I don't think she could have lifted it that high. It is not tremendously heavy but it is not light either. I did remove the tour-pak prior to lifting the body off. The tour-pak is probably about 30-35 pounds itself.
Since I don't have mud flaps I just spread some blankets on the garage floor and set the body down there. No damage and no problem. Later I helped a buddy install his shocks and we removed the body on his TG also. But he had Harley mud flaps which we didn't want to remove and couldn't just set the body on the floor with them in place. I had a couple of plastic tubs our trash collector uses to place items for recycling. We set the body down on those and it worked fine.
Ordered the four manuals also - Service, trike supplement, electrical, parts. Was going to buy the online subscription from H-D, but their e-commerce site wasn't working. That will give me some winter reading. I have a Chilton's manual for all my cars from the 70s-90s, so old habits die hard ;-)
I made a stand for the body, really just shorten up my saw horse pattern . Now I periodically use it for a seat or step stool. With it being wider it gets a lot of use. Flaps cause issues off the chassis Fred
Have this for the 16 in the classified
2016 Touring service manual and also a Trike supplement. Paid $185.00 Asking $125 + shp
[QUOTE=Mykneesbehurtin;803234]Just ordered the axle bearing plates from DK will get the new bearings locally,hope to get the trike as bullet proof as i can before i retire in a year.[/QUOTE]
Knees,
I pulled my axles last Friday. Piece of cake. I did not monkey with the parking brake mechanism at all. Just follow DK's video. My bearings did show some corrosion and scuffs, but otherwise everything looked good. Taking axles, new bearings and DK retainer plates to machine shop this morning. Good luck!
Cagmo
[QUOTE=ultrafxr;803280]I'm sure saw horses would work but I think it would be tough to lift the body high enough for that. My wife helped me and I don't think she could have lifted it that high. It is not tremendously heavy but it is not light either. I did remove the tour-pak prior to lifting the body off. The tour-pak is probably about 30-35 pounds itself.
Since I don't have mud flaps I just spread some blankets on the garage floor and set the body down there. No damage and no problem. Later I helped a buddy install his shocks and we removed the body on his TG also. But he had Harley mud flaps which we didn't want to remove and couldn't just set the body on the floor with them in place. I had a couple of plastic tubs our trash collector uses to place items for recycling. We set the body down on those and it worked fine.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the reply, I put my lift kit on without taking body off, I can see where this would be easier to do and also to check stuff out and give it a good clean. Maybe in the future I will do this, but for now the DK lift is on and happy with it, maybe when I decide to go with pro action shocks but for now happy with air shocks, have them set just right for me.
All for now Trampas
[QUOTE=Cagmo;803373]Knees,
I pulled my axles last Friday. Piece of cake. I did not monkey with the parking brake mechanism at all. Just follow DK's video. My bearings did show some corrosion and scuffs, but otherwise everything looked good. Taking axles, new bearings and DK retainer plates to machine shop this morning. Good luck!
Cagmo[/QUOTE]
I have a press so i will be doing it myself,and since i work in a tool shop i can make any plates or bearing pushers i need.
That Tri supplemental shop manual is an absolute must have
Those wiring schematics will solve endless wiring mysteries.