Surely you shouldn't have used blue Loctite on the rear bolt of the right TT bar. If you remove the bolt you are likely to remove the TT nut with it (the TT nut that replaces the OEM nut of the engine mount).!kid said:[smg id=2596 type=preview align=center caption="IMAG2578"]I have the TT bars and have gone down hard with them. on a dirt\snow road found some ice and the front wheel slid out before I could do anything. The bars bent enough to slightly rub battery cover panel. A couple tugs and it pulled away. Took off some powder coat and scratched the bar a little. No big deal. If I had panniers the impact probably would have been reduced.
The bolt torque specs given by tourtech are not the best in my opinion. I looked to the factory service manual as a guideline for some of the bolts and used my own judgement on others (i'am a mechanic for a living) I used blue loctite on all the bolts too. Using a stainless specific thread lube might also be good.
I might have, I can't exactly remember how I installed that specific bolt. If the nut is a locking type I don't use loctite. If I did use it. I only put a drop, hopefully I don't have any major difficulties if I ever remove it.Juan said:Surely you shouldn't have used blue Loctite on the rear bolt of the right TT bar. If you remove the bolt you are likely to remove the TT nut with it (the TT nut that replaces the OEM nut of the engine mount).
No worries though. If you used Loctite all that may happen is that the nut comes out with the bolt. The, use a vice to hold the nut and force to remove the bolt from the nut.!kid said:I might have, I can't exactly remember how I installed that specific bolt. If the nut is a locking type I don't use loctite. If I did use it. I only put a drop, hopefully I don't have any major difficulties if I ever remove it.
I had previously installed the Off-The-Road crash pads and these were quite expensive. I had to revert to the OEM pads to fit the TT crash bars.cosmic said:I dropped mine few times both sides and had to "adjust" them slightly. I don't even want to imagine what would happen w/o them.
I went with TT cause you get to keep the oem crash pads.
Same reason I went with TT. Bike being White color, I chose the silver bars. Never tested them and hope to never test themcosmic said:I dropped mine few times both sides and had to "adjust" them slightly. I don't even want to imagine what would happen w/o them.
I went with TT cause you get to keep the oem crash pads.