I recently purchased a right-side toolbox for my 2007 deluxe, part #64937-00A. When I tried to install it, I couldn't understand why the instructions were telling me to remove my passenger foot peg in order to mount the bracket.

I checked and rechecked to make sure that I had ordered the right model number, but the mounting bracket that was included didn't come with the proper bolts or instructions for my bike. The only bolts included are 3 bolts and nuts to mount the toolbox to the bracket, and 2 washers.

Here's a rundown of what the problem is:

1. The bracket mounts to the holes I've identified in the first pic, with red arrows. You can see that the bracket (in the second pic) aligns properly with the two upper bolts, as well as the lower hole on the fender.

2. The instructions are telling me that the bracket's lower hole should mount via the foot-peg bolt, but it doesn't line up. The OEM foot-peg on my bike is a couple inches lower, and in a completely different hole.

I highlighted the lines in the instructions that came with the toolbox. Red for what doesn't line up right, green for what does. (Also worth noting, the exhaust bracket (L) in the diagram is different from what's on my bike.)

Now, the first thing I thought was that I didn't have stock foot-pegs, but when I looked at a couple of pictures online of stock 2007 deluxes, the foot-pegs are in the same place.

There was a plug stuck in the lower hole where the bracket mounts, which also led me to believe the foot-pegs are stock. When I tried to pry the plug out, it broke halfway inside, and now I will probably have to take the exhaust header off to drill it out.

So that's where I'm at. All to install a simple toolbox....

If anyone can offer some advice, or has been through this issue personally, I'd really appreciate some suggestions.

 

i have the deluxe and the toolbox. it went on in about 5 minutes. the difference is i dont have stock pipes or the stock pipe bracket. i think you have to have a passenger peg kit. that moves the right side peg. i dont know the part number. but i think it lists it in the catalog as required.

 

Yep,that was my understanding that the pegs have to be spaced out.

 

Does your toolbox bracket mount to the footpeg bolt? And if so, is your footpeg in the lower hole I identified in the photo?

If that's the case, there's no way I could raise the peg up, since the exhaust header runs right in front of it.

 

can you just get a bolt to install the bracket the way you positioned it in your photo. it seems to lign up well with tthe wholes. No need to move the footpegs just get a bolt to attch the bracket

 

I don't understand the problem? Leave the foot peg on the bike as it is now and mount the bracket. The foot peg hole the instructions speaks of is the bottom hole on the bracket and mid frame not used now. Its not a used foot peg hole till you change your pipes.

 

Rocky's correct. that plug you tried to take out is where the footpeg attaches if you dont have a stock exhaust. take a pair of needle nose pliers and grasp the plug thats left in the hole, its threaded just like a bolt and you should be able to back the rest out, its just plastic. Don't drill it out you might damage the threads and you might have to retap the hole.

 

Nice, now I get it. So if I had an aftermarket exhaust, I'd have to relocate the footpeg to that particular hole.

So sounds like I just need to find a bolt that fits the hole. Anyone have a part number for a bolt that works with the threads in there? Somethign chrome that matches the upper fender strut bolts might look nice.

I'll try to back out the rest of that plug in the meantime.

Appreciate the insight guys!

 

Its a standard 3/8-16 bolt that fits that hole...Find an Ace hardware..... (most sell chrome bolts).... get a 3/8-16 chrome button head. 1" should work fine

 

old thread, i know. but has anyone had any issues with the tool kit pressing against the oil tank? everything else lines up, im just trying to figure out how to put a spacer between the tool kit mounting plate and frame. dont want my chrome oil tank getting ****ed up from the tool kit rubbing on it.
Thanks,