Broken screw on derby cover
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Yeah i give them till sunday then i am pulling it done or not and i will get it out myself since it was under warranty i figured save a little work but this has been more headaches then what its worth i just should ahve listened to my instincts and did the job myself
now how do you prevent any shards going into crankcase do those screws come out the other side or is it juts a soild drilled hole with no other end
now how do you prevent any shards going into crankcase do those screws come out the other side or is it juts a soild drilled hole with no other end
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My guess is that you were using a chinese torx bit to remove your screw. Was it from harbor freight or wal-mart or kroger's or walgreens? Get new screws, then buy American made tools from Sanp-On or Mac or Craftsman and buy one fo those impact drivers and you will never strip anything out. I have the original screws (all of them) in my '05 Road King with 30,000 miles and have never stripped any heads out. The problem is with your tools, not with the bolts. Guys will spend 20K on a bike and then buy chinese junk for their tools. Whne you get your new bolts and American tools, put a new torx bolt in a chinese bit and feel the slop. Then, put it in an American bit and feel how tight it is. Harbor freight is the biggest problem with Harley hardware.
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My guess is that you were using a chinese torx bit to remove your screw. Was it from harbor freight or wal-mart or kroger's or walgreens? Get new screws, then buy American made tools from Sanp-On or Mac or Craftsman and buy one fo those impact drivers and you will never strip anything out. I have the original screws (all of them) in my '05 Road King with 30,000 miles and have never stripped any heads out. The problem is with your tools, not with the bolts. Guys will spend 20K on a bike and then buy chinese junk for their tools. Whne you get your new bolts and American tools, put a new torx bolt in a chinese bit and feel the slop. Then, put it in an American bit and feel how tight it is. Harbor freight is the biggest problem with Harley hardware.
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Yeah i give them till sunday then i am pulling it done or not and i will get it out myself since it was under warranty i figured save a little work but this has been more headaches then what its worth i just should ahve listened to my instincts and did the job myself
now how do you prevent any shards going into crankcase do those screws come out the other side or is it juts a soild drilled hole with no other end
now how do you prevent any shards going into crankcase do those screws come out the other side or is it juts a soild drilled hole with no other end
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A left twist drill will work very well here also. Afterwards chase the threads in all of the holes and replace the screws with a dab of antisieze instead of loctite. As far as keeping shavings out of the primary, use your imagination and what you have at hand or simply remove the outer primary. Good luck.
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if you can get the other screws out, then you should be able to turn the broken one out by hand. or at least be able to grab it with vise grips. when you put your new ones in, use some anti-seize. you don't need loc-tite on these, and torque them to spec. do not overtorque or next time you'll have this problem again.
good tools, proper procedures, will save your *** in the long run. cheap tools often end up costing more by the time you get the job finished.
Last edited by skratch; 08-16-2009 at 12:50 PM.