rear pulley bolts
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rear pulley bolts
My youngest sister has a 05 Deluxe and had the stock rear pulley changed out for a chrome one with chrome bolts. Long story short, after a run on interstate highway she and brother-in-law go on a secondary road and the pulley mount bolts start shearing off until the pulley is no longer part of the rear wheel. Anybody else experience this?
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RE: rear pulley bolts
Do a search I have read about this happening quite a bit...
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And this list goes on. Dah dah dah dah dum...
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https://www.hdforums.com/m_621855/tm.htm
https://www.hdforums.com/m_1926628/tm.htm
And this list goes on. Dah dah dah dah dum...
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RE: rear pulley bolts
Chromed bolts can suffer from what's known as hydrogen imbrittlement from the plating process.Grade 8 bolts , such as in this case become like glass. Not as noticable in lower carbon steels.Given enough shock load and because they all work as a unit will fail at the same time. It has nothing to do with aftermarket. I don't believe Hd has any interest in makingbolts. They get the specialones custommade and the rest they buy them like the rest of us.Never use a chromed bolt for a critical fastener.
Ron
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