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I installed my woodcraft clip-ons and rearsets last week - well, almost...
(One of the bolts for the clip-ons apparently got away from me - serves me right for opening the package a week before actually getting a chance to install the stuff... Also I need to install my SS lines up front and fit the pressure switch banjo bolt for the rear...)
Going from a naked with stock bars and pegs to clip-ons and rearsets is quite a change. Unfortunately I can't really ride it until I get a replacement bolt (which Mr. Woodcraft insists are "available anywhere"). I plan on stopping by Austin Bolt Company in the morning...
Anyway, I used blue loctite on pretty much every fastener on the rearsets (since the clip-ons brackets are plastic I figured it wouldn't be effective...) but not the shifter rod (connects the pedal to the gearbox). On the ride home (I did the work at my brother's house), the rod fell out of one side, leaving my pedal dangling in the breeze. Fortunately it was on a quiet residential street.
Should I put loctite on the shifter rod? The only reason I didn't do so initially is because I don't see how you can really get the rod removed if you have to, since it has a round cross-section, and not hexagonal... Seems like it would be really hard to get a good enough grip with pliers to break it free.
(One of the bolts for the clip-ons apparently got away from me - serves me right for opening the package a week before actually getting a chance to install the stuff... Also I need to install my SS lines up front and fit the pressure switch banjo bolt for the rear...)
Going from a naked with stock bars and pegs to clip-ons and rearsets is quite a change. Unfortunately I can't really ride it until I get a replacement bolt (which Mr. Woodcraft insists are "available anywhere"). I plan on stopping by Austin Bolt Company in the morning...
Anyway, I used blue loctite on pretty much every fastener on the rearsets (since the clip-ons brackets are plastic I figured it wouldn't be effective...) but not the shifter rod (connects the pedal to the gearbox). On the ride home (I did the work at my brother's house), the rod fell out of one side, leaving my pedal dangling in the breeze. Fortunately it was on a quiet residential street.
Should I put loctite on the shifter rod? The only reason I didn't do so initially is because I don't see how you can really get the rod removed if you have to, since it has a round cross-section, and not hexagonal... Seems like it would be really hard to get a good enough grip with pliers to break it free.