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Have a set of highway pegs on my valk, they are mounted on the lower frame of the crash bars. The left one is perfect, the right one....well, not so much. Decided to get out today and put a couple of add ons to the bike (already) and decided to play with that peg to see if I could get it tight. Well, was able to loosen the main bracket bolt in order to twist the peg adapter around to access the hex bolt and tighten it up. Then I put the bracket back in place and tightened it back up (let me clarify that this turned out to be the main problem all along). I have tightened it up with a socket wrench as tight as I can get it. However, with any pressure from my foot on the peg, the bracket rotates downward, making the peg point towards the ground and unuseable. I've checked and it appears that the right bracket is positioned at the same point on the crash bar that the left one is (which I'm having no problems with).
Any suggestions on how to get this fixed short of an air wrench..lol.
I will note that the chrome on the front of the peg is flaked off, not sure if it may have been hit in the past (I just bought the bike last week). So trying to fix the Phat Gurls appendage but no luck so far. Not sure if a rubber grommet inside the bracket may help hold it as an option. I actually have one I can use that I didn't need from my wrist rest.
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Daniel Meyer
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« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2012, 11:34:03 AM » |
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I have this issue with my kuryakyns on occasion. I'm going to try a rubber insert to take up space and hopefully grab better...thin rubber...like cut out from an innertube maybe.
Haven't done it yet though.
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Farther
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« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2012, 11:42:21 AM » |
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Electrical tape works too.
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salty1
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« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2012, 11:45:33 AM » |
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What pegs do you have? Is the left one missing something? I have some Kuryakyns that mount as you described, but I found one of them was missing a stop. So, I built some new stops out of cedar, painted them black and reinstalled them. They stay in place now.
P.S. I also use a little electrical tape so the cinch on the bar is better and prevent scarring.
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« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2012, 12:58:42 PM » |
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A budy of mine uses Gorilla tape on his guards.
I'm not long legged enought to use those pegs, so I used the old 1000 Gold wing add on pads. It mounts on top of the engine guard of the 1000 and looks like a brake pedal pad for an old car for the foot rest.
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« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2012, 09:39:47 AM » |
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It's always the right side, isn't it? I had this issue with both sets of pegs. Tried electrical tape, rubber from bicycle tube, 2 sided tape, nothing worked. Thinking steel on steel, I got a 1x2" strip of sheet steel from a friend (8 gauge, I think) and neither peg has budged in 2 years. Might scratch the bars a bit, but I'm not removing them, and don't care.
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« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2012, 11:38:37 AM » |
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Dry folding a piece of wet/dry sand paper (800 grit or so) so that you have grit on both surfaces, and wrap it around the guard bar before you install and tighten the clamp. Don't know it it'll work, but nothing you've tried to this point has either.
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« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2012, 11:55:20 AM » |
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I found that brass shim stock works the best as it conforms ti the shape and grips. Also make sure the pinch clamp is not closed all the way. If there is no gap, then it is not pinching. File the gap. Aluminum from a beer can will work but it has to be from a fresh can that is properly refrigerated. Cut the material the same width as the clamp. If you make a mistake , start with a new beer!!!!!!
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« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2012, 12:58:32 PM » |
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I found that brass shim stock works the best as it conforms ti the shape and grips. Also make sure the pinch clamp is not closed all the way. If there is no gap, then it is not pinching. File the gap. Aluminum from a beer can will work but it has to be from a fresh can that is properly refrigerated. Cut the material the same width as the clamp. If you make a mistake , start with a new beer!!!!!!
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« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2012, 11:49:47 AM » |
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Ditto on the beer can parts.....
But fer some reason, it took me 12 to get it right......
Brad
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« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2012, 09:15:20 AM » |
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I've split 1" copper tubing couplers to adapt 1-1/4" clamps to the 1-1/8" bars on the valk. Worked great. Might be worth a try.
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