Check Harley Hardware on Switch Housings
Mike RoenDescription
Another simple yet very important safety inspection is the Harley hardware on the switch housing, the clutch perch and front master cylinder clamp.
If for any reason this Harley hardware were to loosen or fall off of the motorcycle, it would create a serious safety problem. Losing proper clutch function can be a serious safety problem. Losing control of your front brake function could be dire, resulting in serious injury or death.
Inspection is straightforward. Verify that the securing Harley hardware is correctly tightened, and move on. Check the switch housing hardware with a T-25 torx. It needs to be 35 to 45 inch pounds. Check the clutch perch and front brake control hardware with a T-27 torx. This hardware needs to be tightened 60 to 80 inch pounds.
Okay. You're looking at your list here. Next up is the handlebar switch housings. We're gonna cover that and the handlebar clamps at the same time here, you're gonna need a T 25 and they're saying 35 to 45 inch pounds on a switch housing's pretty straight forward. You got a screw on the top and one here on the bottom, so, go ahead and just check them, torque them to spec. Okay, pretty simple. Now for the handlebar clamp T 27 this is a little more crucial, 'cause you know, if these bolts started backing out you'd pull the clutch in, clutch wouldn't work properly. More importantly, if the master bolts started falling out you wouldn't have a front brake so I can see why they wanna check that, spec on that. They're saying 60 to 80 inch pounds. We'll put it right in the middle. And you never know, I mean, people are always swapping handlebars on Harleys. So if somebody touched the bike or you bought a used, it's the kind of stuff you wanna check anyway. Okay, pretty simple, basic stuff, but you know it's simple enough to check let's move on down the list.
I'm curious about the OEM # of the handlebar.