I seemed to have lost one of my 2 transmission exhaust bracket bolts. Has anyone ever replaced with a hex head bolt or done it with the exhaust and heat shields still on?

 

If you're meaning the bracket on the right side of the bike with 2 allen head bolts, I did mine last week. I couldn't see any way to do it with the exhausts on the bike. I removed them and used red lock tight and tightened them. It's not really that big of a job it took me about 1.5 hours. I also replaced the gaskets.

 

Ok, if thats what it takes I will wait till my inner arrives and do the new clutch cable at the same time.

 

I didn't lose a bolt but I did remove the bracket to have it powder coated.I was able to do it without removing the exhaust,I just took off the heat shield and used a ball allen wrench.

 

The Kastar Intake Manifold Wrench 5530 will take care of the stock exhaust bracket bolts without removing the heat shields or the exhaust pipes. Another member on this board sent me this info and I was able to tighten my bolts with no problem. tooldiscounter.com will ship this wrench to your door for $35.00.

DJK

 

Hmmmm! I use one like that at work! I will bring it home. Thanks

 

I rode with a freind today and he mentioned that he had found a couple of drops of oil on the floor under his 2010 Ultra. After we got back from our ride, we pulled his bike in the shop, put it on the J&S, and pulled the rear heat shield. The two exhaust bracket bolts were so loose, they probably went a full turn before snugging up. This appears to be fairly common.

 

Very common problem. The ball allen wrench was ok, pretty steep angle though, but I wanted to make sure so I used a dremel and cut off some of the short end of an allen wrench. Perfect fit.

 

That's the nice thing about this wrench. No angle whatsoever. The ball Allen end is short enough to fit into the exhaust bracket bolts from underneath with no angle, and the handle is long enough to give you the torque needed to snug them tight.

DJK

 

Yes, sounds like a great tool, works just like shortening the short end of an allen wrench, and it is a ratchet. If it would hold different bits I would pay $30 for it, but the ad said it was 1/4" and didn't sound like it was interchangeable. I can't think of anything other than those two bolts I would use it for. I would rather buy an allen wrench for $1 and cut the end off, but that is just me. I really like having the right tool for the job and I think both will work fine, just a matter of how fancy you want to be and how much money you want to spend.