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Old May 18, 2012 | 07:54 AM
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Purchased a 2012 Dyna Switchback and installed a lowering kit last night. Now the hard saddlebag on the brakes side is rubbing on my shock. Anyone else have this dilemma? Any suggestions?
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Old May 18, 2012 | 10:24 AM
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Depending on which lowering kit you use, some of them warn about that. You may need to add spacers between the hard bag and the mount. When I did my wife's Dyna (with hard bags), all I had to do was use a slightly longer bolt for the bag mount (which, ironically was NOT included in the kit that warned me of this).
 
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Thanks ! My husband took my bag to work . I think he was going to try and make the holes bigger to slide the bag back. Not sure. The kit was LA Chopper kit in which I can at least almost touch flat, but we weren't expecting the bag to rub on the shock. Thanks for the reply.
 
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Try Ace Hardware. They should have all you need in stainless or chrome. (nuts, bolts, spacers,act.)
 
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