screwed up tap on shotgun shock?
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screwed up tap on shotgun shock?
I was tapping hole yesterday,i thought it went smoothly,went to mount the compressor and its seems the bolt has to go in a little before it starts to thread ,then the bolt dont seem long enough to get tight,should of let someone else do it, never tapped before,any ideas,2004 heritage,thanks
I'm not sure the difference between my compressor (Softail Slim w/ABS) setup and yours. I didn't need to tap the holes but I'm guessing you needed to do this to simply widen the holes for the different bolts?? The photo below shows the bolts which would go through to the shock. The black tab on the right is where the compressor bolts up.
When I added the bolts I had to remove at least one of the washers because the bolt wouldn't reach. Have you tried that. If that doesn't work than maybe getting longer bolts. If all else fails contact JD, he's helped me on a number of occasions.
When I added the bolts I had to remove at least one of the washers because the bolt wouldn't reach. Have you tried that. If that doesn't work than maybe getting longer bolts. If all else fails contact JD, he's helped me on a number of occasions.
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The holes that you're tapping on the 04 are really deep. Like 3"+ deep.
If you're worried that the provided bolts aren't long enough to grab enough threads, take the bolt to your local Ace Hardware and get you a replacement with some more length to it.
Also, these bolts aren't holding the whole bike together. No need to torque these suckers down to hard.
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