So being it's getting into riding season I decided to give the Fat Bob a good once over. Everything looked good, except I noticed my pads looked worn. I thought score, now is the time to put some Lyndalls on.

A few days after the pads arrived I found some time to put them on. Front pads went on easy, the problem I ran into was the rears! Here's what happen, I grabbed my 1/4 12 point wrench to take the pad pin off and immediately I noticed the head to the bolt was stripped! So I thought dang now I have to take the caliber off. First bolt I took off (top bolt that holds the caliber to the bracket) came off easy, but then when I went to take the bottom one off I noticed it wasn't even tight? I thought to myself, good thing I'm doing some PM'ing. Well I take the bolt out and it is covered in lock tight! I mean every inch of the bolt! So I clean everything off and look at the clock and decided to call it quits for the night. Not wanting the caliber to just hang by the brake line I decided to loosely mount it back to the bracket. First bolt (top one) good to go, bottom one not so good. I stick the bolt in and it just pushed all the way in? So I move the caliber out of the way and and try seeing if the bolt will work and go figure the same result, just pushed all the way threw, didn't catch one thread.

The end result was I bought a new caliber and bracket. The moral of the story is when buying used don't assume everyone is as meticulous about maintenance as you probably are. I've been driving around like this for thousands of miles since I bought my bike last year. I'm glad the guardian bell was doing it's job!

 

I assume you have to remove the rear wheel too, haven't you?
What a disaster!

 

Yea had to just take the axle bolt out, wasn't bad at all. I have a lift so that helped out a lot. I did end up breaking my torque wrench tightening the axle nut, so I have to pick one up today.

 

Nice catch! Definitely food for thought. Glad everything worked out in the end. Other than the cost of someone elses misdoings. Sounds like your bell paid for itself

 

No doubt, I got real lucky on the part side. I went on eBay and an HD dealership was selling a brand new caliber, with pads and bracket for only $125 shipped. The caliber alone is $135 and another $60 for the bracket. Knock on wood all seems to be working now, lol.

 

Just had to say it, "what caliber is it?" 22, 38, 357magnum, myself, I prefer a 380

 

357mag snubnose for me

 

.45 acp loaded with Hornady critical defense ammo for me. Seriously,topdwg,you got lucky man. Hopefully your problem is solved.

 

Haha, oops, I do prefer .45. 1911's to be more specific....

 

Good you have a sense of humor...At least it's not nucular