I am confident you will be pleased with the new bolts. I had read repeatedly about the nightmare that folks were have doing the install, so figured it was worth giving the tapered bolts a shot. Plan on keeping the six for as long as i can run her so thought the bolt purchase was a no-brainer as i don't need the aggravation every time i pull the seat. Ride safe my friends!Originally Posted by opas ride
I bought the tapered bolts for my F6B when I put the Ultimate Seat on my bike. Even with the tapered bolts I still had a time with one of the holes. Seems that either the threads are a bit tight or there may be some frame paint or coating in the threads. On the wife's F6B I did not use the tapered bolts, chasing the threads & using a round phillips screwdriver to line up the bolts worked out real well for me.
'97 Valkyrie Tourer, SOLD!
'98 Valkyrie Tourer, traded for wife's F6B
'99 Valkyrie Tourer, traded in on MY NEW F6B!!!!
'05 Shadow Spirit 750 traded for wife's F6B
'05 Triumph Rocket 3, gone but not forgotten
2013 F6B, black standard.
2013 F6B, red Deluxe for the wife.
Several of us have posted about dabbing "never seize" on the stock bolts the first time they were taken out and reinstalled. I have never had an issue with aligning the stock bolts and starting them. I use it on all my bolts, including the luggage rack.
on the anti=seize. I use it on anything that looks like it will be a later issue as well, including the new tapered bolts.
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