Today was a busy day for me. I got my passport photos and made a bank deposit. Then I headed off to Lowes to get a replacement bolt for the one that is rubbing my Goodyear TT.
I got a couple of good grade 8 bolts, one 3" and one 3.5" (5/16 variety) and trimmed the heads of them down by a little more than half. I don't need the holding power of the grade 8 bolt, but I wanted the "shear resistance" that a grade 8 would give me. I pull a trailer a lot!
Here is how I did it... First I got out my handy Dremel tool and put a cut off wheel on it.
This is what the bolts looked like when I was finished trimming the heads off. The one that came off the bike is the chrome one 2nd from the left.
This is what it looked like before I trimmed the bolt length down about 1/4 inch.
After trimming the bolt down a bit.
This shot shows the clearance that I have. It's not much worse than the stock bolt head sticking out.
Just for grins, this is my tool kit I carry on my bike. I need to look for a small metric 3/8 drive 6 point socket set to finish off the kit. Notice the axle nut socket..
Thanks for watching....
Hay
Jimmyt
