Rubbing CT Fixed

[HayHauler]

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

[Farther]

With all those tools your bike should say "HD" on the tank.

[fstsix]

The only thing you are missing is the Cordless Dremel in your Arsenal 

[Jabba]

I ground the stock square nuts that go in the nut cages to about 1/2 their depth for the extra clearance.  

Using a grinder to thin it down would be A LOT faster than a dremel cutoff wheel I think.  But still...

Nice work Bro!

Jabba