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Message started by RaleighGuy on 08/30/16 at 09:21:13

Title: Really? Taking the rear tire off just for this???
Post by RaleighGuy on 08/30/16 at 09:21:13

Well, my saddlebag brackets arrived in the mail yesterday so off I go to the garage to bolt them on. I remove the acorn nut from the muffler side, remove the bolt from inside the fender (just over the tire) and all goes as planned.... well.... except for the bolt that comes with the package is much too long. But that's easy to solve with a trip to Lowes Home Improvement store. So basically, I'm half way there. Cool beans. 8-)

After I remove the acorn nut from the petcock side of the bike, I remembered that it is pretty darn difficult to reach over the rear tire to access that bolt that's smack in the middle. I had lots of fun with that bolt while installing my sissy bar a few weeks ago. But after fiddlin' with it for 5-10 minutes, the good ol' Craftsman socket wrench does its job and off it goes. So I try to put the shiny new bolt into place with the saddlebag support in the correct position. No go. Hmmm, I try again. No go.

I just can't get the bolt threads started at all. I twist it one way and the other. I slightly pry the support up and down, I tap the bolt slightly on the end to try to "set it", no go. And when I say tap, I mean a very slight tap, not with a hammer or anything really solid, just a few love taps with the end of the socket wrench.

Then I get a bright idea, I try to get the old bolt that I just removed back into the hole, no go. I try three or four more times, still no go. At this point, I'm thinking to myself, "Am I going crazy? I KNOW I just removed this bolt from the same hole half an hour ago and now it won't go back in again."

After messing with the stupid thing for nearly two hours, I decide that I'm not going to get either bolt started in that hole (with the support lined up correctly) until one of two things happen. Either I'm going to have to remove the rear tire and gain a much larger access to the area in question OR I'm just going to have to recruit my three-year-old granddaughter to get her little hands in there and start those bolt threads. ;D

Thoughts?

Title: Re: Really? Taking the rear tire off just for this
Post by oldNslow on 08/30/16 at 09:38:53

Jack up the bike so that the rear wheel is a couple of inches off the ground and then take the shocks off. The swingarm and rear wheel will drop down far enough to give you the room you need without taking anything else apart.

Title: Re: Really? Taking the rear tire off just for this
Post by RaleighGuy on 08/30/16 at 10:20:57

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Cool, I'll give it a try. Thanks oldNslow.

Title: Re: Really? Taking the rear tire off just for this
Post by stewmills on 08/30/16 at 12:45:07

Those bolts can be frustrating. I remember dealing with mine and I ended up removing the rear tire. I had to wiggle and yank on the pillion to get the holes to line up perfectly to finally get the bolts to catch. One way or another you need to get the tire out of your way. And make sure that ALL of the other two bolts and acorn nuts are loose or removed so the inside bolt is the first one. That way you don't have the other bolts in tight not allowing that one tough one to not move and line up where you need it. The other two with acorn nuts are easy.

Title: Re: Really? Taking the rear tire off just for this
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 08/30/16 at 14:30:20

My ratcheting box end wrench ez seem to
Make it easier.

I went to the industrial nut'nBolt store and got four Button headed SS 1.5" bolts. Got change on two dollars.

Gotta swap the former, alleged Muffler for the Dyna.
Hang them Bags..

Title: Re: Really? Taking the rear tire off just for this
Post by RaleighGuy on 09/06/16 at 09:15:36

I'll be danged.... it worked!! Made me one of those homemade bike stands out of some 2x8s and an 3 foot iron bar, jacked that puppy up, removed the shocks and then the bolt slid right into place.

Thanks oldNslow, that advice did the trick. ;D

Title: Re: Really? Taking the rear tire off just for this
Post by oldNslow on 09/06/16 at 09:49:01

Glad it worked out. Keep track of that homemade stand. Having a convenient way to get the wheels up off the ground will come in handy for a lot of things.

Title: Re: Really? Taking the rear tire off just for this
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/06/16 at 15:57:02

I got the brackets on, didn't raise anything. I used the smallest 1/4" ratchet and cut a piece off of an allen wrench. Buttoned the button heads Down.
I'm folding, and gluing, the
Throw Over flaps, went to Holly Bobby and got some , heck, grommets, because it's the closest word I can think of, and will drive them in and use parachute cord for the lacing, leaving the RR open to breathe.
EBERvodee needs to Breave,
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