Harley-Davidson Flhtcu 2014–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 1HD-F6Q5V-04 · NHTSA communication 10109605 · issued Mar 31, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2014–2017
model years
29
vehicle entries
Official summary
Technical Article TA0016: MY14-17 Touring and CVO Touring Vehicles with fork mounted fairings; Steering head bearings on 2014 and later Touring and CVO Touring motorcycles which may not have been adjusted correctly using the service manual procedure at dealerships. During recent dealer visits to observe steering head bearing adjustment process, Harley-Davidson staff observed that some dealers are not correctly following the service manual steering head bearing adjustment process. Harley-Davidson motorcycles are designed, manufactured and tested to be operated with both of the rider?s hands on
Vehicles covered
- 2014 Harley-Davidson Flhtcu
- 2015 Harley-Davidson Flhtcu
- 2016 Harley-Davidson Flhtcu
- 2017 Harley-Davidson Flhtcu
- 2015 Harley-Davidson Flhtcul
- 2016 Harley-Davidson Flhtcul
- 2015 Harley-Davidson Flhtcul TC
- 2014 Harley-Davidson Flhtcu TC
- 2015 Harley-Davidson Flhtcu TC
- 2014 Harley-Davidson Flhtk
- 2015 Harley-Davidson Flhtk
- 2016 Harley-Davidson Flhtk
- 2017 Harley-Davidson Flhtk
- 2015 Harley-Davidson Flhtkl
- 2016 Harley-Davidson Flhtkl
- 2014 Harley-Davidson Flhtkse
- 2015 Harley-Davidson Flhtkse
- 2016 Harley-Davidson Flhtkse
- 2017 Harley-Davidson Flhtkse
- 2014 Harley-Davidson FLHX
- 2015 Harley-Davidson FLHX
- 2016 Harley-Davidson FLHX
- 2017 Harley-Davidson FLHX
- 2014 Harley-Davidson Flhxs
- 2015 Harley-Davidson Flhxs
- 2016 Harley-Davidson Flhxs
- 2017 Harley-Davidson Flhxs
- 2015 Harley-Davidson Flhxse
- 2016 Harley-Davidson Flhxse
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.