wow,after reading on here somewhere i went out and was going over nuts and bolts on my 12 streetglide and the bolt that holds the kickstand key on was scary loose. i go over everything once and awhile but missed this one. wonder if it should have a grade 8 bolt in it.

 

The grade of the bolt has no bearing on whether or not it's tight. Spent the money on some loctite.

 

Yeah, that blue stuff is "gold".....

 

High stress point use a grade8 with loctite

 

i think is got a grade 5 in it now from factory. it was loose from the factory.

 

Bolt is not designed to be a high stress point. Only holds the key in place on the square at the end of the stand. Square and key take the load. If it's been loose, check the key and stand for wear and replace the bolt and add a little blue Loctite.