Inspect Harley Windshield Bushings
Mike RoenIf your Harley-Davidson M8 Softail has a windshield, don’t neglect to take a glance at the Harley windshield bushings during a major service. Usually these Harley windshield bushings will only need replacement after many miles or after removing and reinstalling the windshield a great deal of times. If the Harley windshield bushings are dry, cracked or torn in any way, they should be replaced. Replacement is inexpensive and very easy to do.
Okay, windshield bushing inspection. Pretty straightforward. Especially on a low mileage motorcycle. You're probably not going to see much wear. Harley, they've eliminated the little wire retainer that holds a windshield in.
So these just get forced into the rubber grommets. And typically people, what they tend to do is they take the windshield off when they wash the motorcycle and they put it back on 'cause when the sun goes down, it gets cold and the bugs come out. So for the most part, your bushings might get wore out from repeatedly taking the windshield off and on. Or if the motorcycle has a lot of miles. When you get to that point, you just buy four bushings, and you put them on and you're good to go.
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