How to install a footpeg clip and keep fingers?
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RE: How to install a footpeg clip and keep fingers?
I too have been having issues getting the pin off. I have snap ring pliers but they are too big for the small holes on the nightsters pegs. Also does anyone know why the diamond black pegs cant be used on a nightster? They look like they will fit fine. The guy at my local harley parts dept didnt even have an answer for that one and sold me the pegs anyway.
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RE: How to install a footpeg clip and keep fingers?
I purchased a dual pack of snap ring pliers that adjust from inside and out. Pretty much identical to the pair that Dorkman posted. I believe the dual back was under $20. They work great! Not to mention its handy having two different sized pliers available.
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RE: How to install a footpeg clip and keep fingers?
I bought a combination set. \\; Converts to inside, or outside, straight tips, curved tips, and all the various size tips. \\; Sorry, I don't recall where I got this, but it wasn't terribly expensive. \\; $20 - $25 as I remember.
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RE: How to install a footpeg clip and keep fingers?
See those two holes? Take two peices of fishing thread and feed it through them, then pull it over the stud from one side to the other while spreading them a little bit. \\; Thats how i've always done mine.
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RE: How to install a footpeg clip and keep fingers?
ORIGINAL: Azwethinkweiz
See those two holes? Take two peices of fishing thread and feed it through them, then pull it over the stud from one side to the other while spreading them a little bit. \\;\\\\\\; Thats how i've always done mine.
See those two holes? Take two peices of fishing thread and feed it through them, then pull it over the stud from one side to the other while spreading them a little bit. \\;\\\\\\; Thats how i've always done mine.
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RE: How to install a footpeg clip and keep fingers?
I just put on a set of pegs and the points on my SR pliers were too big to fit the holes in the ring.
Use a small pair of needle-nose vice-grips and a screwdriver to jam the bugger on.
Use a small pair of needle-nose vice-grips and a screwdriver to jam the bugger on.