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Old 01-12-2010, 11:16 AM
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Yup, like other said. With RH duals, buy a cheap 1/2 inch wrench and cut it in half for the bottom rear bolt.
 
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Old 01-12-2010, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronp42
5/16 is the nut size. 1/2 inch socket fit's it
LOL..... touche

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Get a set of ARP bolts that are 12pts. They are thinner then the standard exhaust bolt and they work great. I use to have that problem all the time where the socket didn't fit between the exhaust and the head.
 
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Old 01-12-2010, 05:33 PM
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Yep just recently encountered this problem myself with the Rinehart pipes.
I took a ½ wrench and ground it down till I could get it to fit. Im sure the wrench isn’t good for much else now but it worked.
What a pain in the .........
 
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Old 01-13-2010, 04:26 AM
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Originally Posted by FLHTCU Owner
For the front, a crows foot works well for me.
Same here. Most of the stuff I use on my bike is 3/8" drive including that.
 
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Old 01-13-2010, 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by BAGGERDSM
Yup, like other said. With RH duals, buy a cheap 1/2 inch wrench and cut it in half for the bottom rear bolt.
Funny you should say that. That's exactly what I did.
 
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Old 01-13-2010, 04:03 PM
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Buy chubby wrench set from Harbor Freight and might bend it further to make easier
 
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Old 01-13-2010, 05:19 PM
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loosen up the heat shields, I only have experience with stock headers but after loosening the heat shields i can use a 1/4 drive 1/2 deepwell socket for every thing.
 
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