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Raider91606 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 20	rear tire hitting sadelbag braket bolts 08/10/11 at 12:21:12 i bought a new tire its getting eat up by the bolts from saddel bag brakets. tire guy says its not his prob. we put 140 x 90x15 is that stock size old tire did not hit and was stock. has anyone had this prob? and what is stock size?
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Re: rear tire hitting sadelbag braket bolts
Reply #1 - 08/10/11 at 12:51:31

The 140/90-15 is NOT the stock size, it is one size up and more available at better prices than the stock 140/80-15 (IIRC).

Many users on here have replaced the back tire with a 140/90-15 and have no problems. Others have had to replace the side rail bolts with lower profile button head bolts. (Usually only those who have saddlebag brackets have an issue.)

I have and 05 and mounted my saddlebag brackets between the fender and the side rails and used button head bolts to remedy my very same problem.

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Raider91606 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 20	Re: rear tire hitting sadelbag braket bolts Reply #2 - 08/10/11 at 13:30:11 thanks ill try that for now i removed brakets
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: rear tire hitting sadelbag braket bolts Reply #3 - 08/10/11 at 13:34:28 1st, Verify you have the correct spacers on the correct side. Then look to see if your fender is twisted
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12Bravo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 628 Mid-Missouri Gender:	Re: rear tire hitting sadelbag braket bolts Reply #4 - 08/10/11 at 15:10:45 verslagen1 wrote on 08/10/11 at 13:34:28: 1st, Verify you have the correct spacers on the correct side. Then look to see if your fender is twisted I have a 140/90 Metzler on mine and had no problems with bolts rubbing the tire with saddlebag brackets on.
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Re: rear tire hitting sadelbag braket bolts
Reply #5 - 08/10/11 at 15:20:57

12Bravo wrote on 08/10/11 at 15:10:45:

verslagen1 wrote on 08/10/11 at 13:34:28:

1st, Verify you have the correct spacers on the correct side.

Then look to see if your fender is twisted Shocked

I have a 140/90 Metzler on mine and had no problems with bolts rubbing the tire with saddlebag brackets on.

You're not being very empathic are ya?

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Wolfman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 664 SW Missouri Gender:	Re: rear tire hitting sadelbag braket bolts Reply #6 - 08/10/11 at 16:11:59 Something else to check is your shock setting. If youve got it set to light it will let the fender compress more so the bolts rub on the sidewalls. Im fine on setting 4 by myself but if i take a passanger the bolts rub now. Need to find me some button head bolts.
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Re: rear tire hitting sadelbag braket bolts
Reply #7 - 08/10/11 at 16:25:41

verslagen1 wrote on 08/10/11 at 15:20:57:

12Bravo wrote on 08/10/11 at 15:10:45:

verslagen1 wrote on 08/10/11 at 13:34:28:

1st, Verify you have the correct spacers on the correct side.

Then look to see if your fender is twisted Shocked

I have a 140/90 Metzler on mine and had no problems with bolts rubbing the tire with saddlebag brackets on.

You're not being very empathic are ya?

Just saying that I didn't have any problems

Sounds like something isn't right with OP bike the way its set up after having a new tire put on. I carried an adult passenger without tire rub. Wolfman gave another good pointer to check the shock setting.

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Re: rear tire hitting sadelbag braket bolts
Reply #8 - 08/10/11 at 19:23:48

Actually, the Savage rear tire is not set up "on center" to the wheel well.

There are bolts that need changing to avoid your rubbing problem, go here to check out your potential changes
(you certainly don't need all of these replaced, likely just the ones that are currently rubbing)

Read up and enjoy ....

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1181496112

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Classic650 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 36 NH Gender:	Re: rear tire hitting sadelbag braket bolts Reply #9 - 08/18/11 at 07:16:43 I have the same problem so the mechanic filed down the bolts. It's still rubbing, but not to the extent it was before.
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Re: rear tire hitting sadelbag braket bolts
Reply #10 - 08/18/11 at 07:58:50

I'm curious what the differences are, is it due to loose manufacturing tolerances? Some people have problems with bolts rubbing yet others don't. Before I bobbed mine, I had the 140/90 put on and had the OEM saddle bag brackets mounted per Suzuki instructions and didn't have any problems with bolts rubbing the tire. I weigh 150 and carried passengers weighing the same with shocks set at 3.

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Reply #11 - 08/18/11 at 08:16:15

I just fought this problem last week - went from stock 140/80-15 to 140/90-15 - bag brackets were mounted inside fender with std hex M8 bolts.......the left side back bag mount & bolt head ate the edge of my tire - I subsequently removed the bag mounts - drilled the blind hole that was causing the problem - re-installed the bag brackets on the outside of the chrome side rails....used 5/16 x 2 carriage bolts for the front bag bracket hole and the front side rail mount hole - no more bolt heads inside my fenders......i will take pictures at lunch and post them

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Re: rear tire hitting sadelbag braket bolts
Reply #12 - 08/18/11 at 14:51:26

from this tire rub caused by the back bag mount bolt on the left side only:

to this solution - bag mount brackets no longer mounted inside fender:

inside fender views: - no more bolt heads - the bolts you see are the rear side rail bolts that hold the sissy bar in place - no where near contacting the tire

wider bags is still ok by me:

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