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2nd December 2006
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XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: cordova, tn
Posts: 12,646 Sportster/Buell Model: xl1218rr turbo Sportster/Buell Year: 1993
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Finally learned something useful at a Harley Boutique
I was at the Harley shop buying the nuts and bolts I need to reassemble the front end and they did not have the right size bolts(tooooo long). Told him I would cut them and he told me to run a nut down the bolt first so when I removed it it would clean up the cut threads nicely. Sounded smart to me so I will try it.
I also learned it is fun to go there because the local dealer always hires three or four babes to work up front and flirt with us older guys. That girl was toooooooooooooo hot for my perverted old mind.
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2nd December 2006
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Senior Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 2,511 Sportster/Buell Model: 883c Sportster/Buell Year: 2004 Sportster/Buell Model #2: Flyrite Rigid completed? Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2003
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You are lucky to actually have someone at HD to know a little something.
He is right I have done that many times.
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2nd December 2006
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Harley Engineer
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: scranton,pa.
Posts: 310 Sportster/Buell Model: sportster Sportster/Buell Year: 2004 Sportster/Buell Model #2: 1200 custom
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yep ,me too, thats how u do it.
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2nd December 2006
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Chief Harley Engineer
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Appleton WI
Posts: 535 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200 custom Sportster/Buell Year: 2006
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I also learned it is fun to go there because the local dealer always hires three or four babes to work up front and flirt with us older guys. That girl was toooooooooooooo hot for my perverted old mind.
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Up here to. Hot babes up front, screwing in the back!!(PARTS COUNTER) 
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2nd December 2006
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Harley Engineer
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 311 Sportster/Buell Model: sportster 1200 Sportster/Buell Year: 2004
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Ralph when you cut your bolt with the nut on it, clean up and level the cut end with a file so that when the nut comes off the bolt there will not be a wire edge to the bolt and the nut will be easier to start the thread.
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2nd December 2006
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XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: cordova, tn
Posts: 12,646 Sportster/Buell Model: xl1218rr turbo Sportster/Buell Year: 1993
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I always clean them up with a dremel stone. Just thought it was a great idea.
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3rd December 2006
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Brass Nut
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Western Weald
Posts: 30,446 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200V Sportster/Buell Year: 2013 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XL883C … long gone Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2005 Other Motorcycle Model: FXDB … gone! Other Motorcycle Year: 2012
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Yes , me too; I've always done that. If you're cutting really small screws, putting on two nuts locked together, if there's room, gives you something to hold the screw steady by as well.
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3rd December 2006
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Riding with Angels
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Atl/StnMtn
Posts: 1,963 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year: 1968
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A thread chaser set is not too expensive and is a good thing to have around. Works better than a nut. Cutting a slot in a bolt and cleaning up with a nut as described will make a tool to clean female threads in alloy if you don't have a chaser. You can do the same with a sparkplug but be careful! Matt
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3rd December 2006
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Brass Nut
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Western Weald
Posts: 30,446 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200V Sportster/Buell Year: 2013 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XL883C … long gone Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2005 Other Motorcycle Model: FXDB … gone! Other Motorcycle Year: 2012
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Originally Posted by Matt
A thread chaser set is not too expensive and is a good thing to have around. Works better than a nut. Cutting a slot in a bolt and cleaning up with a nut as described will make a tool to clean female threads in alloy if you don't have a chaser. You can do the same with a sparkplug but be careful! Matt
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True, but it's still useful to have a nut on there when you make the cut. Removing the nut opens up the thread where cutting the screw has closed it off. |
3rd December 2006
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Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: The Big Island (Hawaii)
Posts: 257 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200 Roadster Sportster/Buell Year: 2006
Reputation: 151
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Ralph, Next time you go in there, I think those gals might love to pose with you for a group picture for the greatest forum around.
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