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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #15 - 07/03/11 at 06:52:01 Something needs to keep the bolt from spinning.
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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #16 - 07/03/11 at 06:58:06 Counter sink the caps and put flat head bolts on them.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #17 - 07/03/11 at 07:28:12 Again, the problem is finding ones long enough. I think there's some engineering standard that limits head type-bolt length combinations.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #18 - 07/03/11 at 08:11:48 Just a tiny bit of JB weld under the head to hold it while you tighten it, OR, Use an impact..
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Re: The Project: Phase 4
Reply #19 - 07/03/11 at 19:14:56

MotoBuddha wrote on 07/03/11 at 06:52:01:

Something needs to keep the bolt from spinning.

How about this? Cut a slot in the end of the carraige bolt so you can hold it still while you tighten the primary nut. Then put an acorn nut over the end of the bolt where the slot is, so you don't have that tacky slot embarrassingly exposed. You'd have to trim the length of the carraige bolt so everything fit nicely, but it would look tidy.

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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #20 - 07/04/11 at 03:55:05 MotoBuddha wrote on 07/03/11 at 07:28:12: Again, the problem is finding ones long enough. I think there's some engineering standard that limits head type-bolt length combinations. You can make a bolt as long as you want with careful welding or threaded collars and threaded rod.
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Re: The Project: Phase 4
Reply #21 - 07/04/11 at 05:47:20

arteacher wrote on 07/04/11 at 03:55:05:

MotoBuddha wrote on 07/03/11 at 07:28:12:

Again, the problem is finding ones long enough. I think there's some engineering standard that limits head type-bolt length combinations.

You can make a bolt as long as you want with careful welding or threaded collars and threaded rod.

Been there, done that,... and it does work. If you enjoy that kind of thing (I do) then you can make any configuration of fastener you want.

If you just want a long carraige bolt, find a hex-head bolt the correct length, chuck it in your drill, hold the drill still (vise? foot? buddy?), and use a small grinding wheel in another drill or a dremel and grind the head to the shape of a carraige bolt,.. or any other shape that excites you. (Of course, if you have a lathe available, you can do this the right way.)

Then use the slot in the threaded end of the bolt I mentioned above.

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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #22 - 07/04/11 at 06:24:21 Or a much simpler solution would be to flip the existing bolts so the socket head is at the bottom, then use acorn nuts on top. Acorn nuts always have a nice retro feel.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #23 - 07/04/11 at 07:08:21 If I were going to the trouble of welding (trouble for me because I'd need to have someone else do it), I could peel the rubber cone from the back of the handle bar mount cap, weld the hole shut, then weld it to a bolt and slide the rubber cone back on. I could even epoxy some coins or medallions to the caps.
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Re: The Project: Phase 4
Reply #24 - 07/04/11 at 07:12:53

MotoBuddha wrote on 07/04/11 at 06:24:21:

Or a much simpler solution would be to flip the existing bolts so the socket head is at the bottom, then use acorn nuts on top. Acorn nuts always have a nice retro feel.

That's too easy! Angry

You deny us the chance to fabricate something seven times before we end up with something that works well enough to justify all the time slathered on such a simple part!

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #25 - 07/04/11 at 07:20:20 Yea,, that mita been the thread killer right there.. good answer, MB,,
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #26 - 07/04/11 at 08:05:59 Yeah, well sorry to spoil your problem solving and fabbing fun,but... They still stick up, but at least they look better.
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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #27 - 07/04/11 at 09:21:56 If it were me I would just get a couple of those domed chromed end caps and snap 'em, or glue 'em, in the holes. Or how about a couple more fork tube nuts glued there?
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #28 - 07/04/11 at 09:47:31 The bolts are used to mount the gauges. The beast way is to do what RpNSht did -- mill the triple clamp, plug the holes, and tap holes on the bottom side for the gauges. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1304297812/15 (scroll down)
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28770 L.A. California Gender:	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #29 - 07/04/11 at 10:14:01 Not that this is not the prettiest way to go... next would be to have a couple of plugs turned on the lathe to fit the hole and a tapped blind hole on the backside for the gage mounts.
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