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so i dumped my chinese crap ebay "billet" cast junk forward controls and found a used set of steel forward controls im gonna fab some plates to move them forward but........where does the other end of the spring go? on that little tab with the hole? anyone send me a picture?...the kickstand has a tab...but wheres the other end go? anyone with a pic would be awesome....thanks man!
JT i searched for 3 hours...google sucks now its all sh*t for sale...im actually dumping google im sick of the sh__t...it sux...if someone has an fxst please post a pic....i made my plywood templates for the controls...im leaning towards 1" aluminum...or 5/8 steel...not sure which....be nice to polish up the 1" al.
I can't help with a pic, however, about 12 years ago, I put 3" extended controls on my '03 FXST. I hated the look of the factory jiffy stand, so I cut off the stand's mount and powder coated the 3" brackets. The brackets are complete replacements for the controls' brackets, not extension plates for factory control brackets. They were from Kuryakyn, but I believe they were discontinued around '08. I used an Arlen Ness adjustable, telescopic, rear mount kick stand. It bolts to existing, threaded bores on the frame, aft of the primary. It's easy to reach for deployment/retraction and I think it looks bad ***. A little pricey, but I'm worth it. LOL
For the factory spring, after reviewing old pics of my bike, it appears the factory spring is parallel to the jiffy stand, at about an 8 degree angle in relation to the jiffy stand, when the stand is in its down position. That may or may not help you locate the spring's attachment point.
there is no place on this forward control that has a tab for spring im stumped....its a softail standard foot control plate...just sold my dam welder...no what!..
Last edited by ChickinOnaChain; Jun 27, 2016 at 09:42 PM.
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hey QC your awesome man....can i get an eye dimnesion as to...is it directly behind the kickstand?...and maybe a measurement of how long the spring is (not stretched)...harley made few different length springs...i will be posting pictures of my plates to show you guys what i did....thanks QC im getting closer to a fix...choppers...ahhhh gotta love em....
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2000 up softail kickstand spring location?
