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They were? Then I was wrong. I will add, if that sprocket was installed correctly, (not just the bolts) that mess would not have happened. That is an installation failure, not a hardware failure.
If @zbomb did not use the OEM hardened washer under the ARP bolt then he would not be applying the proper clamping load of the pulley to the wheel allowing the pulley to shift back and forth (on acceleration/deceleration) which will loosen the the bolts.. Safety wiring the bolts are not necessary if you use loctite and properly torque....
The ARP bolts were installed per the info provided with the set, which relayed washer not required. I will take my lumps here, I installed and so I'll take responsibility for the failure, 100% NOT hardware issue - I should have just ignored that instruction and used the washers anyway and that was a source of the paranoia I had for at least 5K miles after installing where I was checking frequently if the bolts were loosening up, never moved a bit - but it is what it is, here I am. While I agree safety wire should not be needed with a correct installation, I'm doing it anyways, more better OK for me.
Maybe someone else can learn from my costly, but could have been much more costly mistake.
ETA... To ease some of my pain, went and picked the FXR up from storage, and took an impromptu half day at work to do it. Now on to decide if I'm going to use this cluster on the dyna as an excuse to dual disc it, I mean I gotta buy 1 new wheel anyway...
The ARP bolts were installed per the info provided with the set, which relayed washer not required. I will take my lumps here, I installed and so I'll take responsibility for the failure, 100% - I should have just ignored that instruction and used the washers anyway and that was a source of the paranoia I had for at least 5K miles after installing where I was checking frequently if the bolts were loosening up, never moved a bit - but it is what it is, here I am. While I agree safety wire should not be needed with a correct installation, I'm doing it anyways, more better OK for me.
Maybe someone else can lear from my costly, but could have been much more costly mistake.
Yeah without a doubt it could've been worse.. Everything went out this morning..
The ARP bolts were installed per the info provided with the set, which relayed washer not required. I will take my lumps here, I installed and so I'll take responsibility for the failure, 100% NOT hardware issue - I should have just ignored that instruction and used the washers anyway and that was a source of the paranoia I had for at least 5K miles after installing where I was checking frequently if the bolts were loosening up, never moved a bit - but it is what it is, here I am. While I agree safety wire should not be needed with a correct installation, I'm doing it anyways, more better OK for me.
Maybe someone else can learn from my costly, but could have been much more costly mistake.
ETA... To ease some of my pain, went and picked the FXR up from storage, and took an impromptu half day at work to do it. Now on to decide if I'm going to use this cluster on the dyna as an excuse to dual disc it, I mean I gotta buy 1 new wheel anyway...
WOW, she's a beauty!
You probably already know this but make sure the mating surfaces on your rim and the back of the sprocket are clean, smooth, free of burrs, etc.
No, striking out on marketplace, dealer is telling me only option from them is the later FXDL style so I am leaning that way as of now and pricing out the dual disc parts with the justification of it will get me matching wheels (even though I really don't care about matching wheels, I do really want dual disc though).
Originally Posted by snake_eyes
WOW, she's a beauty!
You probably already know this but make sure the mating surfaces on your rim and the back of the sprocket are clean, smooth, free of burrs, etc.
I know it now - not sure if you remember back when I had the wheels powder coated the whole fiasco there when the coater PC'd the mating surface of the wheels and I had to bring them back and have them stripped - I have never been happy about that and do wonder if it was a contributing factor here... Just weird that I think off memory all that work was done around 8K miles and the fiasco occurred at 18K.
And thanks for kind words on the FXR - it is so good, pretty brutal, but pretty fun.
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