Pinch Bolts snapped
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Joined: Feb 2009
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From: Iowa
Deja vu. I've lived everything described. Thundering thru Nebraska late on a Saturday, my right leg became covered in oil and the ride quality went to hell. The RH pinch bolt broke. Found an HD shop in Columbus, NE that was open on Sunday that fixed me up. Same story, only took $90 AND washed the bike. As soon as I got home, dumped the grade 3 bolts and installed some grade 8 hardware. That was 25K miles ago, incident free. Sounds like this is a weak link in the front end and won't be addressed if ya still suffer thru dealer servicing, unless ya request it. IMHO, change the bolts before it leaves ya hanging somewhere.
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Joined: May 2007
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From: 40 miles Northeast of Indy..
Guilty.. of old thread participation.
It did make me wonder, though.. And I done some research as usual..
seems it was a Problem on the 03-06 softies more than any others.
Maybe the MoCo re-evaluated it and fixed the issue.
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It did make me wonder, though.. And I done some research as usual..
seems it was a Problem on the 03-06 softies more than any others.
Maybe the MoCo re-evaluated it and fixed the issue.
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Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 161
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From: Montreal, Canada
Bobby, what do you mean, "Some say not to"? You mean they're saying it's not needed. or that there's a reason not to?
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