Nitrocrushr
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I just purchased a Rider Adjustable Backrest (part#52423-09) for my 2008 Ultra Classic. Also included in the purchase was the mounting kit (part#52593-09). Well, this afternoon I decided to install the backrest.
I read through the instructions and it is easy to understand and should not have taken long at all.......until I got to the self clinching nuts that mount in the hex holes of the frame plate behind the motor. This is where the adjustable rest adjustment lever will get mounted.
The instructions tell you to take the self clinching nut, turn the hex screw in until the head of the hex screw is just touching the flange side of the nut. No problem here.
Next you insert the self clinching nut into the top hex hole in the frame plate, hold it firmly in place in the frame and turn the hex screw approximately 2.5 turns until the back of the self clinching nut is deformed into place and wedged into the frame. I got no more than a quarter turn on this hex screw before the self clinching nut began to spin in the hex hole of the frame???
Has anyone else experienced this? Am I doing something wrong? Any other suggestions? The metal on the self clinching nut seems pretty cheap and the frame plate isn't all that thick so I can see how it is able to spin. There's not much metal surrounding it to keep it from spinning.
Thanks,
Steve
I read through the instructions and it is easy to understand and should not have taken long at all.......until I got to the self clinching nuts that mount in the hex holes of the frame plate behind the motor. This is where the adjustable rest adjustment lever will get mounted.
The instructions tell you to take the self clinching nut, turn the hex screw in until the head of the hex screw is just touching the flange side of the nut. No problem here.
Next you insert the self clinching nut into the top hex hole in the frame plate, hold it firmly in place in the frame and turn the hex screw approximately 2.5 turns until the back of the self clinching nut is deformed into place and wedged into the frame. I got no more than a quarter turn on this hex screw before the self clinching nut began to spin in the hex hole of the frame???
Has anyone else experienced this? Am I doing something wrong? Any other suggestions? The metal on the self clinching nut seems pretty cheap and the frame plate isn't all that thick so I can see how it is able to spin. There's not much metal surrounding it to keep it from spinning.
Thanks,
Steve
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