Question on removing upper belt guard...
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Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Palm Harbor fl.
the insane part about this is that the moco chooses to install a bolt that no one can get off and yet many are having problems with the bolts that are really critical to staying tight...like Pulley bolts...where they seem to come loose at the most unfortunate moments..
Cruiser
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: NOVA
If its anything like mine the rear bolt was an allen head while the front was a torx. I kept trying to remove the front bolt with an allen until I got down there and looked at it. I don't know who was more retarded, me or the Moco.
Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Chapel Hill, NC
That bolt is notoriously, ridiculously torqued. I have seen multiple posts to that effect,. It sheared off my torx bit!
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Cruiser
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it's not the loctite that makes it difficult to get off. its because the nut on the pulley side of the swingarm is a lock nut. so until you get the bolt threads past the top of the nut it won't unscrew easily. if you look closely at the top of the nut once you get it off, you'll see two metal tabs that are bent down, causing the top of the bolt to be an oblong shape instead of round. this bites down on the bolt and doesn't let it back out as easily.
This thing was just giving me fits outside...I'm trying to put passenger pegs on right now, and thought I was going to break my allen wrench. Guess it's a trip to the store for an impact wrench or that torch.