Risers - How tight?
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Risers - How tight?
Being fairly new to Harley style bikes, I am curious about the risers and how tight to crank those bolts. I have rubber inserts in the tree where the bolt goes through and there are fancy chrome caps on both sides of the tree. If you tighten the bolts all the way, the rubber is compressed so much it goes back to metal-to-metal and the vibration in the grips is horrible.
Am I right in assuming that you tighten them up just enough so the bars don't wobble too much?
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Am I right in assuming that you tighten them up just enough so the bars don't wobble too much?
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RE: Risers - How tight?
I always replace the rubber inserts with urethane inserts. They still dampen the vibrations, but give a firmer feel. I generally tighten 'em as tight as I can with a 1/2 inch drive ratchet, using a grade 8 bolt.
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RE: Risers - How tight?
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Service manuals say 25-30 FT Lbs.If you dont have a torque wrench,put a little blue loctite on threads and double the torq you use for sparkplugs[approx.]...Bob
Service manuals say 25-30 FT Lbs.If you dont have a torque wrench,put a little blue loctite on threads and double the torq you use for sparkplugs[approx.]...Bob
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RE: Risers - How tight?
Well the urathane are a option but on some bikes if solid mount they buzz, you can remove the steel insert and machine it down a bit to get it tight or replace with new rubber ones. Try a duece they have no riser bushings!!!
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