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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 02:13 PM
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I just bought some forward foot controls for my 883low and was just planning to fit them myself but the guy at my dealership told me if i fitted them myself it would invalidate my warranty (lots of teeth sucking and oohing) "has to be done by a mechanic as its a complicated job that has to be done right".
I thought myself it was reasonably straight forward and in the trained monkey school of mechanics. My question is, is it so difficult and if so what are the pitfalls of self fitting. My thanks in advance for all comments both positive and negative and of course the trivial ones as well
 
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by micky
I just bought some forward foot controls for my 883low and was just planning to fit them myself but the guy at my dealership told me if i fitted them myself it would invalidate my warranty (lots of teeth sucking and oohing) "has to be done by a mechanic as its a complicated job that has to be done right".
I thought myself it was reasonably straight forward and in the trained monkey school of mechanics. My question is, is it so difficult and if so what are the pitfalls of self fitting. My thanks in advance for all comments both positive and negative and of course the trivial ones as well

My question is how is a forward control install gonna create problems enough to have a dealer say it would invalidate your warranty...Sounds like they are trying to milk some moolah...

Its a simple as 1 2 3....install them yourself.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 02:26 PM
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I did them on my Dyna, and it was a piece of cake to install. The only voided warranty item that you will have to worry about, is the actual part you install yourself. Go ahead, do it... Thats what its all about.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 02:31 PM
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Its just what I thought .. **** them oh btw Thanks
 
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 04:15 PM
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you should have asked him how it is going to void the warranty. Then tell him that if he didnt gouge us so much on prices and labor, maybe we would have money to pay him to work on out bikes.
 
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Tell that guy at the dealership he's a tool. In the great U.S of A. we have the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. Not sure what you have over there.
 
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