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Old Jul 5, 2021 | 01:50 PM
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'99 RK. The two studs on the sheet metal plate that mount under the fender the front seat bolts to. Rubber washers are shot and those studs just want to fall out. I have to manually hold them up whenever I want to add or remove the rear seat. I'd like to keep the original covered nuts but hate the system HD used to keep those studs in the fender. Tried using some insta gasket around the rubber O rings to help, no dice. Anyone else come up with a better idea to keep those studs proud of the fender without loosing them?

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Contact Mean City or the like and have it repaired.
 
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Originally Posted by dawg;[url=tel:20035045
20035045[/url]]Contact Mean City or the like and have it repaired.
I think he’s taking about the bolts on the fender.
 
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I think he’s taking about the bolts on the fender.

That's right, the two bolts immediately behind the main seat, not the solo bolt for the back seat. I did find the rear most bolt seat hack and will be upgrading that.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2021 | 02:35 PM
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I recently purchased a Saddlemen seat and the first thing they told me was to put 2 low profile nuts on the bolts otherwise the seat would push them through the fender. I put the 2 nuts on and it hasn’t been an issue.
 
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Get a plastic milk jug, cut a couple of 2" disks out of it, cut a small X in the middle, push over the bolts, problem solved.
 
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My bad, thought he was talking about the decorative seat studs
 
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Originally Posted by Pothole914
Get a plastic milk jug, cut a couple of 2" disks out of it, cut a small X in the middle, push over the bolts, problem solved.
You, Sir, are the man. Exactly the type of fix I was looking for.
 
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Originally Posted by Pothole914
Get a plastic milk jug, cut a couple of 2" disks out of it, cut a small X in the middle, push over the bolts, problem solved.
+1 for this fix; I used a punch to make the round part of the hole and a flat tip screw driver to make the X. Worked like a champ.
 
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