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Custom Vehicle Discussions => Screamin’ Eagle® Softail® Springer® => Topic started by: Pagoda64 on September 14, 2008, 07:53:37 PM
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I have had my bike for 6 months. Just got it back from dealer. The rear passenger pegs keep opening up instead of staying up. Never an issue.. I cant figure out why???
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I have had my bike for 6 months. Just got it back from dealer. The rear passenger pegs keep opening up instead of staying up. Never an issue.. I cant figure out why???
Tighten the pivot bolts. Hope they didn't remove the spring clip though. Were the pegs off for some reason? ;)
Hoist! 8)
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I've got the same problem on my '08 Springer. Peg is tight but it falls down during a ride.
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I had the same problem on the passenger pegs of my CVO Springer. I thought it looked like a design flaw since there doesn't seem to be a way to tighten it...good luck.
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I had always figured it was best to keep them down. The rubber touches the pipe in the up position, and really doesn't look good at all up. That's no excuse for a bad design, but it's my way of making it a non-issue.
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The same thing happened to my bike. I still cant figure it out.
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thanks 4 joggin my memory!
my front right foot peg moves to the up position if i do a stretch with my right foot on the rear peg,
i^m gonna tighten it up!
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My left one does the same thing. There is no way to tighten it like it comes from the factory.There is a small shim that should keep it tight. I have had the right side off and I remember the shim. I have not had the left side off, it may be missing the shim. The shim is like spring steel and keeps tension on the peg. I am going to look at my left one and add a nother shim to tighten it up. It is annoying to me. The heat shield keeps the right peg from burning, no problem there....
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I have no problems with the rear pegs. In fact they are pretty tight when I have to move them. However, I am having problems with scraping the front pegs on turns. Still trying to get used to it.
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I thought I was going bonquers when after a ride I had the rear pegs down (normally the left side one); had to think back and try and remember if I had touched it with my jeans or something, but that was not the case (I see now) >:( Those guys are pretty tight and to open them with the hand it takes a certain force. The spring spacer is also getting slightly rusty so that makes it even harder to twist open.... On the front pegs I use a bit of WD 40 to avoid the rust, but I dare not put anything on the rear ones. Seeing that it is clearly a design flaw, I can even think about the most probable cause why this is happening; each spring has a certain frequency (resonance frequency) where its force just collapses or loses its strength. I bet if we put a split washer instead it will stop doing it. Another option is replacing the springed spacer with a solid one and instead of putting the pin, we put a bolt and nut, using Thread Loctite or an autolock nut, you tighten it enough so the movement is stiff and off you go ;D
Funny how when a lot suffer the same problem, the pain is not so bad..... :confused5:
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Me suffering too on my 08, rear foot pegs fall down, front foot pegs go up if you lift your foot at around 70mph :(
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I've got the same problem with my 07 springer - the dealer told me it was a design flaw.
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My 08 and 09 rear left footpegs fall down too. I'll look at getting and installing an extra spring washer in each footpeg, part no. 50912-72.
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both of my rear pegs are nice!
they're not loose and don't fall.
have you guys checked to make sure the spring is in them??
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Hello Bigelow
Yes I have the spring clip in all of them, I even asked the dealer to take a look at the rear ones at the 500 mile service but it did not make any difference. I am thinking of getting a couple of stainless nuts and bolts for the rear
ones.
I think there must be variations in the size of the slot and or the thickness of the peg and tension of the springy washer for some to work and others not.
Its not a real big issue, just irritating. Still love the bike and spend every spare minute I can either riding it or staring at it. Almost a wife replacement......but not quite. :)
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I'm smiling wanly - 07 model - since y'day same problem :orange: I was so darn stupid to grease it with Bardahl protection spray because I spotted some specs of rust on those springwashers -
I think there is money to be made here if we come up with an easy to apply hack for this nuissance ;)
Rik