in today's video
we'll be removing
the fairing
and the front
forks
(intro music playing)
when your taking these gauges out
you definitely want a 7mm wrench
to hold this stud
if you don't hold the stud with a wrench
it will unscrew right from the gauge
so your best bet is
disconnect this wire and take out the light
and that give you plenty of room to get in there and hold that with the wrench
while you take off the nut
you have to remove the clutch cable from the clutch handle
to get this pin out and this clutch lever and all that
I need to take off the
the mount for my cell phone
now we can remove this pin
before we go any further we have to
release the slack
on the
cable
so another words we're going to
loosen
the cable
basically all I'm doing here
is pretty much
screwing this all the way in
so the cable has all that play
you can't see this but in here
their is a groove
and that cable is going to slide
right through that groove
just like that
then slide the handle out
pop that pin out
and then
the handle comes off
now to slide the cable through the fairing
there we go
last thing we need to do
to remove that fairing is to disconnect the throttle cables
and their is one screw right here
that we need to loosen
or take out completely
this cover comes off
this one is not in bad shape
I have to assume these are original to the bike
its got about 80 thousand miles on it now
this one is still okay
but this one
its frayed
so I am going to end up replacing both of these
slide these cables out
slide the other one out
almost forgot the odometer
reset button
all you do is you unscrew this piece
there we go, its out
what a mess
I don't think I am going to be able to put this bike back together
(laughing) what a mess
oh my God
I'll let this wiring harness just hang here
for real
okay
their is a bolt right here we have to loosen up
and we have to take the cap off
and these should slide right out
and loosen that bolt
that holds the
fork in
a little bit of corrosion in there
just going to take off these covers
take out the electrical switches
going to go ahead and strip this stuff
and get ready for paint
these are all sanded and ready to go
this one has a little dent in it
I'll try to put it where it is in the back
I could bondo this and sanded it out
but
I don't think I am going to do that
I think once it is on the bike
and this is towards the back side of the bike, you won't see that anyways
go ahead and wipe it all down
while we're waiting for that second coat of stripper to take affect
I'm going
to put the air filter
back on
since its been cleaned and ready to go
I'd say we had a productive day today in the shop
we got the inner fairing off
took all this stuff off to get the inner fairing off
and we finally got the front forks off
we we're able to strip the counsel cover
sand it down
get it ready for paint
on the next video
we're going to strip that inner fairing
sand it, get it ready for paint
and if we have time
we are going to rip apart those forks
and get those prepped and ready for paint
if you like
what I'm doing here
and you want to follow along
I made a playlist
for this series here
the Harley Makeover playlist
God bless
I'll catch you on the next one