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I recently had to adjust my fall away, and upond doing so discovered my upper pinch bolts were loose. I could not torque them to spec as Harley cheaped out on the bolts, and the largest phillips socket I could locally find was a #4 which was not big enogh.
for anyone interested, I had to replace the bolts. Home depot had the right bolt but not the correct length. So I bought 5/16-24 3/4 ienght hex bolt (grade 5) and had to cut them down to 3/8. I could then torque them and not worry about stripping them.
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