Harley Parts and Tools for Evolution Refresh Project

Hey, everybody. Welcome back to "Fix My Hog". I'm Mike Roen. In this video, we're pretty excited. We've partnered with Dennis Kirk. Now being in the industry, everybody's started Dennis Kirk. If you're a rider you're familiar with them, you know their website from not only Harley Davidson parts, they've got the metric, they've got the ATV, UTV, off-road. It's kind of a one-stop shop. So, the nice thing is you go on their website, you start looking over all the parts you're gonna need for your spring tune-up or whatever. They got their little cart. I myself, I always got my little list. You can just go on your phone, start adding stuff to the cart. You can kinda see where you're getting at price-wise. And it's just kinda gives you a nice little organized bin to work on. So go ahead and check them out. And let's kinda get this review started. So nice thing about Dennis Kirk, I mean, they pretty much got everything you want. You can look this over, here we got it all laid out. Another nice feature is, you look at this motorcycle, it's a 1988 heritage. And what you can do is you go on their website, you plug in the year, the make model year, and then you start adding in parts, and it's gonna tell you if it applies to that vehicle, which is kinda handy. And it's gonna have a dollar amount there. So, it's just a, it's another nice feature. It kinda helps you get along with your tune-up. So let's go ahead and start here at the beginning. Obviously, routine maintenance, it's spring time, whether you've hold this motorcycle for three or four years, or you just bought the bike, this is the kind of stuff you're gonna wanna start putting in your little basket. So first things first, obviously, oil and filter, pretty basic stuff. Everybody knows how to change oil and filter. And of course, when you're doing that, you're gonna get into training oil, you're gonna be doing the transmission oil, and of course, primary oil. So, start going down your little checklist. If you've got a factory manual or service manual of some type, this is the kinda stuff they're gonna be saying you're gonna be needing to do. Now this motorcycle, since it has been sitting for such a long time, we're not even gonna mess around. We're putting new break fluid in it. And while we're doing the break fluid, nice little thing, the little rubber diaphragms for the covers. I didn't trust these being 34 years old. I just went ahead and ordered up new ones. They're cheap. It's just one thing you don't wanna be getting into your tune-up and wanting to go riding. And then all of a sudden, "Oh, I need this other little part I should have pre-ordered that." So look at your manual, look your motorcycle over, start and adding stuff to the cart. Next up, we're gonna be doing fork oil. And that's there again, pretty straightforward routine maintenance. But when you're thinking fork oil, there's a couple of little components you're gonna want. Just the little drain screw brass washers, stuff you don't think about. You might wanna pre-order them. These O-rings, they go on the top of the fork cap. This thing's 34 years old. I'm sure that this O-rings deteriorated, we're not gonna reuse it. You don't wanna stop your project and go, "Oh great, now I gotta order this little O-ring." So, all right. So just little things like that. You wanna kinda keep an eye on from forward. Speaking of the oil filter, I kinda like these with the nut on 'em. On newer motorcycles, it's kinda nice 'cause everything's kinda crowded and tight. This bike it's pretty accessible but I like the nut on there. So obviously, spark plugs that's gonna be something you're gonna be replacing. Put them on your little list. This motorcycle here obviously, we're gonna be doing a lot more extensive work. And so we are gonna be updating the fuel petcock 'cause it's so old. I don't wanna put a rebuild kit in it. And I don't wanna order inexpensive petcock and have it leak. The fuel line, obviously, we're gonna be doing that 'cause it's old. And it's just, this is cheap stuff. Pinch clamps, you're gonna be on replacing them, 'cause you'll be cutting the factory ones off. So put that on your little list. Going over some other stuff, thread locker, that's gonna be a deal when you're looking at the manual, they'll be saying, "Hey, this bolt, you gotta put lock." You gotta lock it, so put that on your list. We'll be moving on here, let's see. Well more importantly, the carburetor. Now on this bike, it had been sitting and fortunately the fuel tank had been properly stored where it wasn't deteriorated, but the carburetor wasn't. So I've kinda already been in there. And if you're on their website, you're gonna be seeing a car rebuild kit. And this bike's got kinda an older Bendix carburetor on it. And the nice thing about when you get something off a Dennis Kirk or something like that, the aftermarket company puts in a variety of year groups in there. So you don't have to really overthink it. When you order that car rebuild kit, it's kinda fit a couple different years. So for one price, you're just getting all these O-rings, all these inlet needles and everything. It's gonna kinda cover the whole base. But don't let that fool you because if you're looking at the OEM number, and you're looking at aftermarket, the aftermarket's gonna say, it fits all these year groups, it does. And the OEM's saying, well only it's only gonna fit this year group, 'cause the aftermarket one's providing multiple year groups. So just keep that in mind if you're trying to use the aftermarket number for reference. So, okay, moving along here, obviously, the air filter on this thing is completely deteriorated. We're just gonna put a new one in it. They're relatively inexpensive. The battery, we went with the premium battery because it's the best battery. And it doesn't have those little standoffs on there, especially on a rubber mount. The bikes always doing this and the battery cables are coming loose. And there again every time you change your own filter, you're checking your battery cables. And if this bike, fortunately this bike's really low mileage. But if you bought a '88 bike with a hundred thousand miles on it, you're probably gonna be wanting to order battery cables as well. So Dennis Kirk's got all that stuff and they're gonna be prompting you on that when you're building your list. So moving along, when you're doing the primary oil, obviously, you're gonna wanna replace those gaskets, the inspection cover gasket, the derby cover gasket. They've got the little O-rings for the hardware in there. One little kit, it's pretty slick. There again, we're gonna be kind of pulling a primary cover on this bike just to kinda take a little overview inspect it, just 'cause it's so old. So I went ahead and just ordered a primary cover gasket. And the nice thing about that is it is comparable to OEM. It's the Cometic AMF or AFM style. And the nice thing is you can order just one. Most of the dealers, when they order from their vendor, they have to buy 10. And so if you're on their website, you can just buy two little crush washers. You don't have to buy 10 of them or something. So that's kind of a nice feature. And moving down the list here, we'll just kinda go over some of the tools you might need, and you'll probably be able to order. Okay, you got your factory manual. You're always referring to that. And here's another little item you're gonna probably want, some cable lube, 'cause obviously, you'll be doing throttle cables, clutch cable. This bike's got a speedometer cable, you gotta lube. So you'd see that in your manual. Little ratio rite, fork oil, you're gonna be doing that. If you don't have an impact driver, you might want one of them. This is big wrench for the your top nut on your fork tube. They got a different, couple different tools for that. I mean, you could probably use a Crescent wrench. If you had to something. Obviously, the belt gauge tool. If you wanna set your deflection, if you're not comfortable with feeling it yourself, you can buy the tool. This here tool is a special pinch clamp tool for the fuel lines. And more importantly, we've got the oil filter strap wrench. 'Cause if the guy before you was Hercules, and he torque that oil filter or over torqued it, you're gonna need some sort of tool to get that oil filter off. Here's the spark plug gapper tool. The NGKs, they come with a little protective cap, so it doesn't get crushed. But that doesn't mean it's not set to the right specs, so double check that. This is an Evo evolution motor. It's got a lifter cap at it screen cover. This little tool here is kinda, it's like having a big screwdriver. You wouldn't necessarily need to run out and buy one but I just happen to have one, 'cause that's what I do. Here's a nice little tool that, you're probably gonna wanna have if you own a motorcycle with spoke wheels, is a spoke wrench. Because spokes equal maintenance. And fortunately this bike, I've kinda checked them already and the spokes aren't seized. I did a pre-loom on them about a week ago, and I just kinda kept looming them just in case. And if you got a bike with spoke wheels, you're gonna wanna babysit 'em. So we've got videos on the website on how to true a wheel and all that and kinda check that out. But spoke maintenance is a big deal. And if you don't babysit 'em, it'll bite you. So moving on, this little welding rod tool, is kind of a nice little tool for doing belt adjustment. 'Cause on like a soft tail, or a diner, or a bagger, what they wanna do on a soft tails, they're checking the reference point from the center line of the swing arm back to the axle. This is just a quick, easy tool you can make. In fact, if you have a factory Harley manual, they have a little diagram in there, how to make it the dimensions. So either way that's what you're checking is. You wanna make sure when you align your belt that it's even. So I think we touched base on the ratio rite. Something you wanna order up. But more importantly, now moving on another thing you're gonna be doing if you're going through the manuals, you're gonna be repacking wheel bearings. This bike's been sitting for a long time, We don't know the condition. We don't know if this guy pressure washed the bike, and got water in there, and they're rusty. 'Cause that's a common problem. People wash their bikes a lot and they force water in there. So, go ahead and get some wheel seals on order, because you will be repacking wheel bearing. You figure they ran a Timken wheel bearing all the way to 1999, and in 2000 they went to a sealed wheel bearing. So put that on your list, add that to your cart. Moving along, obviously, if you're doing the wheel seals, this motorcycle obviously is gonna get new tubes. Got a side metal valve tire, the rim strips, people aren't thinking about that, put them in your cart. And then more importantly, we've got, we've partnered with Dunlop. They hooked us up with some really good D402s, this tires been around forever. And the nice thing about the Dunlop, of course, is heavy duty carcass. I mean, if you compare a Dunlop to any other tire, the carcass on it, the load rating for your Harley, I mean, these are heavy motorcycles. If this was a touring bike and your riding two up, there's a lot of load generated on the tires. So I love the Dunlops, definitely wouldn't regret that. But there again, they're available on Dennis Kirk, so check 'em out. So, and as usual obviously, work clean. Get some Shop towels. They've got all the chemicals and lubricants on their website. So, go ahead and check out www.denniskirk.com.