Hard saddlebag "clips"
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Hard saddlebag "clips"
Anyone know a trick to fixing the clips for attaching my hard bags on my FLHTC? The two clips that the cam screws go into from the inside of the bags? I got one that comes out almost everytime I take it for a ride and the cam screw will be sitting in the bottom of my bag.
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Funny - I wrote up a post (but lost it somehow?!?!) about how I just went and bought a new set of clips & pins (I think we're talking about the same things). Those clips are 4 bucks a piece and those pins are 8 bucks a piece! Cost me 50 bucks when I only thought I was gonna spend $10 - $15 - hehehehe...I shoulda known better...
ANY way - to get back to your question, where the clips mount is adjustable - so you may have to make a slight adjustment in order to get the right amount of tension. Or you may have forced the pin onto the clip too funky & widened out the tip too much. After shelling out $50 to replace all of those parts (the bike is 7 years old & they were beat up when I bought it) I know I'm going to be a bit nicer and gentler when I take the pins out & put'em back in
ANY way - to get back to your question, where the clips mount is adjustable - so you may have to make a slight adjustment in order to get the right amount of tension. Or you may have forced the pin onto the clip too funky & widened out the tip too much. After shelling out $50 to replace all of those parts (the bike is 7 years old & they were beat up when I bought it) I know I'm going to be a bit nicer and gentler when I take the pins out & put'em back in
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Check the spring behind the bracket, you may have to take the bracket off 7/16" wrench.
That spring is riveted on the bracket. You can buy the spring bracket 70909-95 called a receptacle.
Also if the quick release pin is bad:
Bail Head Stud (saddlebag quick release pin)
90834-95A
That spring is riveted on the bracket. You can buy the spring bracket 70909-95 called a receptacle.
Also if the quick release pin is bad:
Bail Head Stud (saddlebag quick release pin)
90834-95A
Last edited by rocknrod; Aug 26, 2008 at 01:38 PM.
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Yep, one of the two. If you push the camscrew all the way in, you should have spring tension. If there's a little too much flash from plating on the camscrew, it might not fully seat and vibrate loose. A simple file takes care of that.
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