RoadGlide fairing pocket door spring saga
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RoadGlide fairing pocket door spring saga
The right one broke on my '04 FLTRI. Went to 4 hardware stores, and could not find a replacement torsion spring as a replacement. The MoCo wants one to buy the whole assy....door, hinge, etc. and was NOT responsive to the Parts Department request for a few springs. The little thing is exactly the same size as a clothes pin spring.....if anyone remembers those things....but they are made in China now and they use galvanized pot metal. No workee.
We have a spring manufacturer here in Tulsa, but they don't sell to the public. But I whined enough, and one of the guys was a fellow motorcyclist, and he made me 4 of them on his lunch hour. No charge. A true Brother-in Arms.
Bingo! Got lucky. But the irritation comes when HD doesn't respond to it's own dealer......I know the dang things might cost 5 cents, and they'd charge me 5 bucks each for one.....but hey....guess I expected way too much, huh?
We have a spring manufacturer here in Tulsa, but they don't sell to the public. But I whined enough, and one of the guys was a fellow motorcyclist, and he made me 4 of them on his lunch hour. No charge. A true Brother-in Arms.
Bingo! Got lucky. But the irritation comes when HD doesn't respond to it's own dealer......I know the dang things might cost 5 cents, and they'd charge me 5 bucks each for one.....but hey....guess I expected way too much, huh?
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That sucks. I'm thinking about getting locks for mine and possibly mounting a GPS in one of them or something. I find those glove boxes fairly useless. Sure wish they were designed better.
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The old Tour Glides had locking covers. It would be an easy modification to add locks to the upper portion of those lids......could maybe get keyed-alike saddlebag/tourpak locks and use the one key for the ignition.
While I had the fairing off for the repair, I soldered an SAE electrical connection in-line with the cigarette lighter, and ran the plug into the right fairing pocket. Just had to enlargen the existing hole a little in the bottom of the pocket......easy.
While I had the fairing off for the repair, I soldered an SAE electrical connection in-line with the cigarette lighter, and ran the plug into the right fairing pocket. Just had to enlargen the existing hole a little in the bottom of the pocket......easy.
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