just make sure you clean the finger prints off before firing the bike up and you'll be ok.

 

What happens if there are fingerprints? Do they burn in?

 

This is what happens.... https://www.hdforums.com/forum/rush-...r-install.html

 

What's the best way to clean them? Is there a preferred solvent to use?

 

Just use windex to clean them up before you start the bike up for the first time after the install.

 

I've reached a hard stop on my Heritage.

The rear footpeg has some extra hardware on it to provide the support for the saddlebag bracket. This comes back far enough to block access to the nut on the rear clamp. I removed the rubber bumper off of it, still not enough clearance for a socket and torque wrench.

So I figured the whole peg and related hardware has to come off, and I spy a torx bolt sitting in the post behind the footpeg. I remove the retaining clip for the footpeg, and remove it, and discover that the torx bit that I need (T45 I think), the base of the socket is too big fit in there.

So I need a super long-shafted T45 (or maybe the next size up) torx bit, which neither Lowes nor Sears has. So now I'm on a duck hunt.

Is this a special tool that I need to buy from H-D?

Other than that, it is going swimmingly, and I have the front/lower muffler worked about half-way off. Progress on that was getting too slow, so I remembered about this thread and WD-40, and picked some up while I was out looking for a suitable torx bit.

Got some liquid wrench penetrating spray too. I know this thread says WD-40, but would liquid wrench work better?

One other thing. The muffler I'm removing is tapered at the back, and where it gets smaller, there's very little clearance to some hardware connecting the cross pipe to the rear header. The rush muffler I'm going to put on there has no taper at the back, it is just straight. I'm concerned that it is going to hit that clamp and not fit. Either that or it is going to be a really tight fit.

Last question - do y'all put the heat sheilds that were on the old mufflers on the new ones?

 

Okay, nvm... I took a 1/4" Allen wrench and got it into that torx bolt, and got it loosened up and off. so I was able to take a breaker bar and loosen the rear nut. Spraying both with wd-40 and will let them soak in.

 

They're on! Once I hit the wd-40, the old ones slid right off. Used ultra-copper permatex with the new ones as recommended here, and reused the existing clamps.

Gonna give the permatex a chance to set up, and try firing it up later.