883 Engine Guard Bolts
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Cruiser
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The holes are there and all I need to do it bolt the bars on, start with the bottom to keep the bar from dropping and then bolt in the tops.
Use a little Loc-Tight to keep the bolts from getting loose, as the engine guards are not something you want to remove once on the bike.
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No torque wrench, one that is typically used to take the wheels off a car without the use of hydraulic air.
A torque wrench is hydraulically pressurized internally to give your own hand power an extra boost of power in pressure.
Not really sure how they work but do a darn good job or getting hard to loosen bolts off most things.
A torque wrench is hydraulically pressurized internally to give your own hand power an extra boost of power in pressure.
Not really sure how they work but do a darn good job or getting hard to loosen bolts off most things.
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I'm not really sure what the wrench you are describing is really called, but even an amateur mechanic knows a Torque Wrench to be a calibrated device used for tightening a bolt, nut or screw to a specific tension, typically specified in Foot or Inch lbs. and it should never be used for loosening anything.
Well I have used mine for some really stock on bolts where the air seals were just to tight and my hammer tapping had failed.
Most bolts won't require that much tension to remove your right.
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Going back to read more about it now.
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It looks like I got the same bars as you. Mine are the HD bars. They don't even stick out as far as the foot pegs. But I can see how they'll protect the engin and maybe the pipes when/if the bike gets knocked over. I wasn't sure about putting them on at all, but now that they're on, I like them. And they were REALLY easy to put on (once I got the damn factory bolts out). But the new bolts use a wrench, not a that stupid 5-star tool.
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It looks like I got the same bars as you. Mine are the HD bars. They don't even stick out as far as the foot pegs. But I can see how they'll protect the engin and maybe the pipes when/if the bike gets knocked over. I wasn't sure about putting them on at all, but now that they're on, I like them. And they were REALLY easy to put on (once I got the damn factory bolts out). But the new bolts use a wrench, not a that stupid 5-star tool.
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