Steering bolt ??
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A hd maintenance bulletin eliminated the "lock type" and replaced with a heavier washer awhile back and significantly increased torque specs. My 06 is torqued to 70-80 foot pounds...an increase from 35-45 pounds. Not sure what yours is but likely to be similar. This was brought on due to steering clunk many folks were having...including me. No further issues. My 2 cents!!
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Road Master
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This is what the lock type washer looks like vs a reg looking washer just slightly thicker than this. If HD eliminated this, Why does the lock type washer still come up on the parts finder at the dealer ?
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Why...well, i assume you can still buy the washer with the lock tab if you want to continue using it. Some folks probably do. Not surprising, my dealer didn't know about m-1215b until i told him. Your picture is right. That is exactly what i took off mine to add the "thicker" washer (#45727-08)and thus torque as previously mentioned according to m-1215b. By the way, m-1215b refers to 08 and earlier fx softails...except springer, and some dyna models. I hope this helps clarify for you.
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Road Master
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Thanks man, Do you know if the new bikes are coming off the prod. line with the new thick washers or do they still bring the lock type ? I'm guess that increasing the torque to over 100 ft lb should affect the fall away some what ?
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Tourer
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Don't know about new production. Modified torque specs are 75-80 foot pounds...not 100 pounds. Instructions are to check/set fall-away after torquing. That frankly doesn't make sense but i did and it worked for me.
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