Check Rear Fork Spacer Bolt Torque

Looking in your manual? Harley wants ya to torque the rear fork spacer bolt. So now, this is obviously all new chassis, all new design. So they're gonna have new torque specs. They're referring to this nut here. And manual says 154 to 170. It's probably something that's not gonna loosen up all the time, but it's really simple to check. Get out your big 1/2 inch torque wrench. Nice click, it's torqued. Kinda a nice thing about this design is what Harley's done here for drive belt R & R, is they've kind of gave you a little window here. Got these two bolts with this little spacer in here. What that's allowing you to do, is you take those bolts out, that spacer drops out. You take your pivot shaft nut out, you push the pivot shaft back, you're able to slip that belt outta there. Of course, you have to have the inner primary off. But it really, it's gonna be a time-saver. So it's a pretty slick little idea. Can kinda get a good look at the rear shock here, the mono-shock. If you're looking in your manual, you've got a hydraulic preload adjustment here. So you'll probably wanna experiment with what you wanna do as far as preload. If you're riding two up, if you're riding solo, if you only weigh a 100 pounds. It depends on what kinda load you're gonna be putting on a motorcycle and what you're comfortable with, so. Read your owner's manual, kinda set that up where ya like it. But all in all, not a bad design for servicing the belt. So, let's get back to the list.