Welcome
to the JH Choppers Road King Lowering Project.
If your thinking of installing a 21 inch BIG wheel or looking for
some suspension performance for your Road King, then you might want to consider
a 1 inch lowering kit.
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The Parts List:
To install the Progressive Fork Lowering Kit
you will need to remove your fork tubes from the fork lowers. We decided to add
some chrome while changing the lowers and add some performance Lyndall
Racing Brake pads in the process. Chrome Hardware, Polished Rotors, Chrome
Lowers and Chrome Cow Bells. | ||||
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| Remove
the Calipers and Front Wheel: The brake
calipers are removed and held back with some wire to keep them out of the way.
The front axle is removed and the wheel is taken off. | ||||
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| Remove
the Head Lamps and Nessel: The head lamp
and light bar are removed. Then the nessel is taken off for access to the upper
fork tube assembly. | ||||
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| Remove
the Front Fender: Loosen up the fender
bolts and remove the front fender. The fender bolts have locking tabs on them
that need to be flattened first. | ||||
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| Remove
the Forks: Loosen and remove the top bolt
plug on the fork tubes and loosen the fork clamp on the triple tree. Ease out
each of the forks and hang them upside-down to drain out all the old oil using
a fork holding clamp. We got ours cheap from KBore
on eBay. | ||||
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| Remove
the fork lowers: Remove the 6mm hex nut
on the bottom side of the lowers. Place the fork tube in the holding clamp right
side up and prepare to remove the upper bolt. The Spring is UNDER A LOAD and this
bolt should be removed with CAUTION. Loosen the bolt then use a holding clamp
to dampen the pressure from the spring. | ||||
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| Install
the new Chrome Lowers and Lowering Kit: Install
the new Progressive Lower Kit Springs and Spacer per the kit installation instructions.
Press in the new fork seals using a seal tool, we made ours out of delron on the
lathe. Tighten up the 6mm hex nut and install the new 1 inch lower fork on the
bike. You can see the 1 inch difference is the final picture and all that the
new chrome! | ||||
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| Complete
the Install: Repeat
for the second fork tube installing the lowering kit. Install the new polished
brake rotors and torque to Harley-Davidson Specifications. Install the front fender
and make sure you lock the fender bolts down. We made sure the chrome spacers
were the same size as before using a digital height gauge before installing the
front wheel and axle. Install the new Lyndall
Racing Brake Pads and bolt up the brake calipers. Finally, connect up the
nessel and head lamps. The new RoadKing Front end looks awesome and rides great! | ||||
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