My youngest sister has a 05 Deluxe and had the stock rear pulley changed out for a chrome one with chrome bolts. Long story short, after a run on interstate highway she and brother-in-law go on a secondary road and the pulley mount bolts start shearing off until the pulley is no longer part of the rear wheel. Anybody else experience this?

 

Do a search I have read about this happening quite a bit...
https://www.hdforums.com/m_1822130/tm.htm
https://www.hdforums.com/m_621855/tm.htm
https://www.hdforums.com/m_1926628/tm.htm

And this list goes on. Dah dah dah dah dum...

 

I heard that the after market bolts havethis problem . Buy the HD pulley bolts.

 

Chromed bolts can suffer from what's known as hydrogen imbrittlement from the plating process.Grade 8 bolts , such as in this case become like glass. Not as noticable in lower carbon steels.Given enough shock load and because they all work as a unit will fail at the same time. It has nothing to do with aftermarket. I don't believe Hd has any interest in makingbolts. They get the specialones custommade and the rest they buy them like the rest of us.Never use a chromed bolt for a critical fastener.
Ron

 

Yep, been there done that. I thought I had runined my new rims when it happened. Now, I check them at least once a month just to make sure

Lynn