According to the parts book there is supposed to be a strip of tape part # 58247-96 between the outer fairing and windshield. I changed out the stock shield and don't see any tape, I assume it helps seal out water from getting inside the fairing. Do any of you have the tape strip? 09" FLHX
The tape is on the inner fairing. It does nothing. I replaced mine with a piece of firm thin weatherstrip. Water still gets in and fogs up the gauges, especially the fuel gauge.
My 08 has it. It is probably used to keep the plastics from rubbing against each other (fairing and windshield) to keep it from maybe flexing to much and cracking. It does act as a bit of a seal but not much of one.
03-13-2009, 03:26 PM
Windshield cushion tape
