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The Donald 03-08-2010 09:18 AM

XBONES owners who went with FWD Controls~HELP !
 

Took off the floorboards , and stock controls off my 2010. According to HD , 08 and up fwd controls will work . I purchased controls from an 08 Xbones and I'm having problems .. Ist : kickstand (ez enuff I can change that out )....2nd : the RT side with master cyl will not bolt up properly and is hitting the exhaust (samson).. Has anyone done this or experienced anything like this ? ....Did they change anything in 2010 ? .

not_so_newb 03-08-2010 09:45 AM

i'm about the farthest thing from an expert , so you might want to wait until someone who actually knows what they're talking about shows up

my guess is the samson exhaust is designed to work with a stock xbones with floorboards , they didn't plan for anyone running forwards . if you replace your stock exhaust you'll probably find they fit . now since you don't want to do that you could try contacting samson to see if they have any advice

The Donald 03-08-2010 11:17 AM


Originally Posted by not_so_newb (Post 6365103)
i'm about the farthest thing from an expert , so you might want to wait until someone who actually knows what they're talking about shows up

my guess is the samson exhaust is designed to work with a stock xbones with floorboards , they didn't plan for anyone running forwards . if you replace your stock exhaust you'll probably find they fit . now since you don't want to do that you could try contacting samson to see if they have any advice

thxs... already checked with samson... all softails 06 and up .. no difference what model ... Harley did say FL fwd controls and FX fwd controls have a different part number .. telling me this ebay score was a fail. heres a shot of the fwd controls .. notice the lip towards the back , thats what is interfering with the exhaust.... anyone know what year this came from ?



http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...5/DSC05999.jpg

The Donald 03-08-2010 02:04 PM

ok ... problem solved .. got the pipe on , VERY close , there is zero clearance , but its ok now ...

Hollywood Ball 03-08-2010 02:08 PM

Sometimes all you gotta do is just walk away from it for a few minutes.

not_so_newb 03-08-2010 06:48 PM

cool . glad you got it figured out
sometimes you just need a bigger hammer :)

The Donald 03-08-2010 09:35 PM

lmao !!


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