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Tomtower
| Posted on Saturday, April 05, 2008 - 03:10 pm: |
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I am going to replace the crankcase cap screws with SS cap screws, I noticed they have small washers on them are they necessary? |
Bobbuell1961
| Posted on Saturday, April 05, 2008 - 09:05 pm: |
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i would use them,hd part #6099 will work but not stainless. or have your friendly (lol) hd partsman look up the # for the hardware on a flstc w/s, all ss there. Bob |
Dio
| Posted on Saturday, April 05, 2008 - 09:23 pm: |
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Be careful what bolts you replace with stainless steel. Stainless is pretty soft, more prone to galling threads when taken apart, and not up to the torque or load capacity of hardened grade 5 or especially grade 8 bolts! Depending what and where, you can cause yourself some grief! |
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