Pick up cheap custom Sportster parts in our classifieds. Used Harley Sportster parts, gas tanks, exhaust and accessories. Shop our complete selection of Harley-Davidson Motorcycle parts and accessories including the Siouxicide Choppers Black 39mm Springer Front End Kit - SQ7988198. Push the rear end of the bike down and let it rebound up to be sure that the new shocks work. Harley sportster Softail - Dyna Raked triple tree 13 degree Front End Kit Up to 1999 all EVOlution. USED HARLEY DAVIDSON SPORTSTER PARTS for SALE CLASSIFIEDS. Find the Siouxicide Choppers Black 39mm Springer Front End Kit - SQ7988198 at Dennis Kirk. Lower the jack or remove the bike from the chock or clamp. Use a torque wrench and an Allen or deep well hex socket to tighten the bolts to 48 foot pounds of torque. Bolt the new, 1-inch-under-standard-length shock absorbers into the same holes with the same bolts that held the original shocks in place. Spread three or four drops of thread locker over the screws of all the mounting bolts with your finger. Remove the left shock by repeating these steps. Remove the top mounting bolt on the right shock and save all the hardware. The kit is a direct bolt-in, requires no drilling, brazing, deburring or other machining. Superior bump adsorption, greater traction and front end control. Earlier models unfasten with a deep well hex socket. The end result is as close as you can get to installing a cartridge in your fork but still easy on the wallet. The bolts on Sportsters shipped after 2005 come off with an Allen socket. Unbolt the lower right shock mounting bolt that connects the old shock absorber to the frame. Raise the Sportster to fully upright and level by slightly raising the bike on a motorcycle jack, by driving the front wheel into a motorcycle chock, or by clamping the front wheel upright in a motorcycle clamp.
Your seat will be lower, and an entry-level biker can do it himself. Since this is an 883 Sportster, usually an entry-level Harley, a better place to begin might be to slightly lower the rear end by installing shocks that are one inch under stock length. Getting hung up on that bump will damage your bike. But lowering the front end decreases ground clearance, which means your bike will no longer - barely - clear that parking lot speed bump. Numerous aftermarket vendors sell "drop in" fork lowering kits that will lower your front end. You can lower the front and the back of a Harley.