I aired up my tires to spec. I loosened the rear brake a little bit (3turns)
So I figured I'd remove the heat shield to get at that lower motor mount bolt so I could figure out a replacement for the one that was missing. The parts diagram in the Clymer only shows 1 bolt to remove for the heat shield. Cool, it's easy to get to. It failed to mention the TWO PHILLIPS SCREWS that also attach the heat shield to the bike.
I ended up removing THE WHOLE EXHAUST to get at that one stupid bolt motor mount bolt out of the bike. But hey! I now know who to remove the exhaust when it comes time to put on my Dyna
Hell, I would have put the Dyna on if I already had the jets and clamp. No local shops have the jets (I've checked). I'll have to get em online.
I also learned that my exhaust clamp that mounts the header to the cylinder is WARPED. That would explain my exhaust leak
$26 for a new clamp from BikeBandit. I already have a new exhaust gasket.
ANYWAY, I replaced both lower rear motor mount allen head bolts, put some Loctite RED and torqued them down to about 20ft lbs. I coudn't retorque the nut that's supposed to be torqued to 51-64 ft lbs because I don't have a metric socket larger than 14mm.
Would that nut be 15mm or 16mm? Page 74 of the Clymer.
The vibration and lugging feeling I was noticing before isn't totally gone. It has changed. I rode the bike 40 miles today to work and back and I didn't really have that same lugging feeling. Instead I now get more of a a tight vibration I can feel in the grips and with my knees against tank. It's stronger when I'm accelerating hard.Should I just go and retorque ALL of the motor mount bolts?
This thing is 10 years old and none of those bolts besides the ones I've been forced to go over have been touched since it was assembled. I've had: 1 exhaust header clamp bolt vibrate out, the other come loose (which is why my exhaust header clamp is warped). 1 motor mount bolt vibrate out. 1 toolbag cover and toolbag vibrate out. 1 left side frame cover vibrate off.
Loosey goosey!