How to get pegs to stay up
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Did you reinstall the spring steel washers between the pegs and the mount? If so, you may want to remove them and try putting them in a vise and bend them a bit more. You can also try adding an additional spring steel washer to each peg. You can get them from the STEALER for the rip off price of $3.00 ea. 
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Did you reinstall the spring steel washers between the pegs and the mount? If so, you may want to remove them and try putting them in a vise and bend them a bit more. You can also try adding an additional spring steel washer to each peg. You can get them from the STEALER for the rip off price of $3.00 ea.
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I was thinking throw a "American Iron" magazine with the centerfold out, that should keep em up.
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I have reinstalled the springs. I will try adding a spring to keep them up. They are the bolt with snap ring style. Thanks for the input.
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Also, torquing them to spec will help A LOT.
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If memory serves, there's a little funny shaped washer that goes in between the clevis and the pin to help prevent this. I haven't pulled the rider or passenger pegs off a bike in over a decade so I don't remember if those things are there or not - but they are in every set of highway pegs I've installed.
Also, torquing them to spec will help A LOT.
Also, torquing them to spec will help A LOT.
Can someone please explain to me how you torque a friggin snap ring???? Geeeezz
Edited: Or has Harley gotten cheaper in the last couple of years and started using ugly nuts & bolts here?
Last edited by cHarley; Sep 10, 2008 at 03:24 PM.