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Road Captain
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Hollow Bolts...
Hey forum, another mod I am doing is moving my front turn signals from the bars to the upper fork tins on my 06 Fatboy. I seen the thread a while back but cannot find it whatsoever. I want to put the signal wires through a hollow bolt and thread it into one of the bolts on the upper tins with the same stock 5/16-24 threads. And just plug the hole from where the wires previously came out of. I've seen other Fatboys with the turn signals moved to the fork tins but don't like the wires showing. Anyone have any advice or input on this...or seen this setup with no wires showing? If so, where to get the threaded bolts from...Thanks...
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A hollow 5/16 bolt would not have much clearance inside to retain some amount of strength. If I remember the mod description, they were using a piece of 5/16- 24 threaded rod cut to length. I've never seen it in a hollow form although you might find it notched for the same sort of application. You might check the McMaster-Carr catalog.
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Threaded pipe that holds a lamp socket to the base. Household lamp. Any good hardware store should have them, and usually ce with washers and nuts. I've made some hollow bolts on the lathe several times. Steve
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Hey forum, another mod I am doing is moving my front turn signals from the bars to the upper fork tins on my 06 Fatboy. I seen the thread a while back but cannot find it whatsoever. I want to put the signal wires through a hollow bolt and thread it into one of the bolts on the upper tins with the same stock 5/16-24 threads. And just plug the hole from where the wires previously came out of. I've seen other Fatboys with the turn signals moved to the fork tins but don't like the wires showing. Anyone have any advice or input on this...or seen this setup with no wires showing? If so, where to get the threaded bolts from...Thanks...
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5/16" bolt will have enough strength to hold the turn signals up just fine.. I did this to my sportster a few years ago.. if you have a lathe, or access to one it makes it a butt ton easier..otherwise its going to be a pain to try to drill out a bolt by hand. like Deadanimal said, try to get some brass bolts, they'll do the job just fine.
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From: trivoli illinois
i double checked against my earlier post. the treaded tube i mentioned is 3/8" fine thread. not 5/16". added a few pics so you get the idea. i dont know if going up in size is an option. drilled bolt will be a a tight fit, since the ft. sigs are 2 wire plus ground. you can probably get 2 wires through and use the mount as ground. largest i would drill is 3/16". steve
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This is what you are looking for
http://www.jpcycles.com/motorcycle-search/hollow-bolts
I read the thread that was referenced by F22 Junky and even sent the guy who started it a private message. He wasn't too helpful...he directed me to a website that only sells to dealers and wasn't at all forthcoming with info about how he went about doing the mod.
It was painfully obvious that he was extremely proud of his mod and was in no way eager to share. So i Goog'd hollow bolts and came up with the link that I have shared.
http://www.jpcycles.com/motorcycle-search/hollow-bolts
I read the thread that was referenced by F22 Junky and even sent the guy who started it a private message. He wasn't too helpful...he directed me to a website that only sells to dealers and wasn't at all forthcoming with info about how he went about doing the mod.
It was painfully obvious that he was extremely proud of his mod and was in no way eager to share. So i Goog'd hollow bolts and came up with the link that I have shared.