{"nhtsa_id":10153989,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-03-04","date":"2019-01-22","document_id":"1HDS2L3U02","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING; POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TECH ARTICLE TA0016: 2014 and Later Touring Steering Head Bearing Adjustment. Purpose: 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. Issue: Steering head bearings on 2014 and later Touring, CVO Touring and Police Touring motorcycles which may not have been adjusted correctly using the service manual procedure at dealerships. Resolution: Never make adjustments by feel. Always follow the process in the appropriate service manual.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10153989-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10153989-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10153989","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLHTCU","year_from":2014,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLHTCU TC","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLHTCUL","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLHTCUL TC","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLHTK","year_from":2014,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLHTKL","year_from":2015,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLHTKSE","year_from":2014,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLHTP","year_from":2014,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLHX","year_from":2014,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLHXS","year_from":2014,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLHXSE","year_from":2015,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLTRU","year_from":2016,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLTRUSE","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLTRX","year_from":2015,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLTRXS","year_from":2015,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"HARLEY-DAVIDSON","model":"FLTRXSE","year_from":2018,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}